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FOREWORD
rrr IIE WOKK of the Business Committee of Tin: Si'cti.jout in eonneetion with w the publication ol this fourth annual issue, has been facilitated by tin- good record of the magazine in previous years.
We owe a special word of thanks to the business men of Lethbridge who have continued to use our advertising pages.
The financial assistance of tin- Senior and Junior Literary Societies of our school is very necessary in making possible publication of the magazine. The larger portion of the pro< of the production of the plays, "The Merchant of Venice** and "Robin Hood." has been available to finance Tin: SroTi.tom.
The photographs of the teaching staff and <>f tin* Girls' Basketball Team are from Allison's Studio. The other photographs, making up a record number for one year's magazine, are from the studio of A. 1-1. Cross. Every courtesy has been extended to us by both these firms. We are indebted to the City Sign Works for the 1< th< composite picture vi^'"
The Lethbridge Herald has had charge of the actual printing and the manu­facture of cuts.
Thanks are due to every member of the business staff, named elsewhere, for the effort of each in making this issue of our school magazine a success.t i i i : s p o t L i a i n Page l ive
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■ LETHBRIDGE ■ HIGH • SCHOOL- • FACULTY - 1924-1925THE
SPOTLIGHT
JUNE, NINETEEN TWENTY - FIVE QJ
Editorial and Business Staff:
Consulting Editor and /ins. Mgr. Harry C. Sweet, B.A.
Editor-in-chief • - • I.OKXK II. BlACKIIOUKNK
Easiness Manager .... Ralph HaKVKY
Assistant Editor .... Kathleen M. Jones Ciris’ Athletics .... Mary Hamilton Hoys' Athletics ..... William Hay Senior Literary Society • • • Anna Saxdquist
Junior Literary Society - • • Hklkx Maynard
Class Reporters:
Grade XII - Kditli Judd
XIa - Lois Sylvester Xl» - Kathleen M. Jones
Xa • John Muir Xi: • Sain Best Xo • Marjorie Rabv Senior Commercial • Winnie Scott, Frances Bernard Junior Commercial • Oda Weir IXa • Sylvia Anthony, Eleanor Fleming IXn - Douglas Keiver IXc • I.averne Quick
Business Committee:
Jos. Carson Allan Ridpatli Douglas Robison Claude O’LearyPage Eight THE SPOT lA HI ITT H E S P O T L I G H T Page N in e
‘Itjti ITU TIIK PIRLICATIOX of the fourth annual Spotlight, another
IUO.IJ OlUlipiUif OJ HOGS S| SSI!(•) J.XpOIII! |Mltt «)SO|.) V. O) SAVU.tp JU9A |OOlj-)S
Ix?thbridge High School.
The graduating class will go out into the world full of ambition and high ideals. But before great things are accomplished, these graduates must learn that, while they seek for the big things in life, they must not neglect the small one&. It is by performing the small tasks of life that we gain strength for those greater. Greatness is not attained by leaps and bounds, but by climbing slowly and surely. Make the small tasks stepping stones, rather than stumbling blocks, in your upward climb.
Whatever positions in life you are called upon to fill, be they high or be they low, do not be content with filling them except to the very best of your ability. Remember that a school is judged by ii> graduates, and therefore your success or failure in life reflects to the good or detriment of the school as a whole, and of the other students or graduates.
In short, make the most of your abilities and of your opportunities. Take the following lines for a motto and your lives will he such that any community will be better for having vou in it:
“If you cannot on the ocean,
Sail among the swiftest ilect,
Rocking on the highest billows,
Laughing at the storms you meet.
You can stand among the sailors,
Anchored yet within the bay;
Vou can bear a hand to help them As they launch their boats away.”
If in future years, when school days live only in memory, the pages of this book bring to mind a true picture of our school life, replete as it has been with the happiest associations, Tuf. Spotlight of 1925 will have fulfilled its purpose.
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TOMORROW
“Vet all experience is an arch whercthro'
Gleams that untraretTd world whose margin fades For ever and for erer as / more." Tennyson.
TjTOIt YOl’TII there is no past, hut a very vivid present and a keenly anticipated ™ future. In visions are built airy castles inhabited by heroes who will revo­lutionize the world. The spirit of daring enterprise and desire for exciting adventure urges on to mighty battles and Herculean struggles with imaginary foes. In these youth never fails to accomplish outstanding victories. What instinct directs the creation of these fairy dreams if it is not the innate desire of the human race to achieve reputation, fame, success, and victory? The visions of youth are clearer, the forward impulse stronger, and the ceaseless longing for action keener than at any other period of life. No one asks, “Watchman, what of the night?” because there is no night. The query is, "What of tomorrow?"
We are living in one of the greatest transition periods ever experienced in the world's history. It is a time when the ideals of mankind are changing and in their practical application we see several very noticeable indications of improve­ment. The principles of honesty, fair play and justice are no longer applicable only to a few individuals, but are permeating the business life of the nation and influencing international relationship. Ambassadors are telling European diplo­mats that no more assistance will be forthcoming unless peace based upon good­will is established. The League of Nations is exerting a constant and impressive moral influence on nations both strong and weak. Forces are at work in various fields of activity for the betterment of living conditions of men and peoples. This is the new world atmosphere into which our youth are venturing. Much will depend upon the ideals they carry with them as to whether the work already begun, but not yet firmly established, will be made or marred.
The schools of England have prided themselves less upon the academic product furnished to the world, though this has been of no mean value, than upon the type of individual sent forth to battle with the affairs of life. The war was won (so they claim) upon the cricket fields of the schools long before it ever broke out. The youth of England in their Teens had learned the full meaning of British fair play, of physical endurance under trial, of tenacity of will in fighting a tough game, long before they were called upon to put on a uniform. When the time came to save the nation the same youth carried with them the character already moulded and hardened in school and college life. More than that, they furnished the leaders and officers of the army from general to subaltern. It was not the number who went over the top, but the morale of the men and the quality of leadership that stood the test in meeting the foe. But the foundation was laid in the schools.
Some of our number are graduating this year. The field of their endeavor is widening out far beyond the scope of the High School. Exacting demands will be made upon them by the world at large, and, while academic honors are valuable,Till: SPOT LIGHT Pai/e Eleven
reference is seldom made to these when once school or college is left behind. The public will rather ask, "What kind of a fellow is he? How does he measure up in his business and among his friends? What ability has he to shoulder respon­sibility? How does he play the game?*’ It is a test of character rather than of mental achievement and unless education develops character the product of the school is wasted endeavor. Hut as Kipling states:
"If you can keep your head when all about you Arc losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
Hut make allowance for their doubting, too:
If you can wait and not be tired of waiting.
Or being lied about don't deal in lies.
Or being hated don’t give wav to hating.
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
If vou can dream—and not make dreams vour master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat these two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build them up with worn-out tools;
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run.
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And what is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!”
A. J. Watson’.
Empire Day ani> Kino's Hirthday
Empire Day (May 22), and the sixtieth birthday of King George V. (June .2). were fittingly observed by the student body of the school. The afternoon of May 22 the students assembled in the auditorium, and the programme included a patriotic address by Judge Jackson, presentation of 1. <). D. E. essay prizes by Mrs. Starnes, and a solo by Mr. Pegrum. On June 3 the students were addressed by the Rev. Cecil Swanson, and the ceremony of saluting the ilag was performed.
Mit. Pkgrum Leaving for California.
Mr. Dudley F. Pegrum, who has been a member of the staff of the High School for the past two years, will spend the next two years at the University of California, lie has been fortunate in obtaining a fellowship at this institution as lecturer and post-graduate student. The good wishes of the staff and students of the school will accompany Mr. and Mrs. Pegrum when they leave for California in July.Page Tied re TUP SPOTUGIIT
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rr UK SFXIOR LITKRAR^ SOCIKTY of 1024-25 has endeavored to equal ■-v if not to surpass the standard set by societies in previous school years, and we feel quite confident in saying it has done so. But this signal success could never have been attained without the untiring efforts of our capable executives, and the hearty co-operation of the student body as a whole. At the commence­ment of the Fall term it was decided that each meeting of the "Lit” should be held under the auspices of one of the rooms—thus creating a competitive spirit which would inevitably be productive of better programs. This plan has been followed throughout the school year.
The meetings, which have been held every two weeks, have been both enter­taining and instructive. The programs have consisted of plays, sketches, read choruses (notable among the latter were some Latin hymns by XA.), vocal and instrumental solos, duets, debates, etc.
On October 2Sth the elections for the Fall term were held, the executive being as follows:
President—Claude O’Leary.
Vice-President—Yirnie Harris.
Secretary—Jean Rout ledge.
Treasurer—Cordon Wilson.
Representative for Cradc XII.—Klsie Ahrens.Page Fourteen TUF SPOTLIGHT
Representative for Grade XIa—Anna Sandquist.
Representative for (irade XI it—Myrtle Leech.
Representative for (irade Xa—lean (ialbraitli.
Representative for (irade Xit—Jack Weller.
Representative for Grade XV- Leonard Roy.
Representative for Senior Commercial—Winnie Scott.
Possibly the most interesting meeting of this term was tin- one held January 21st when a debate on the subject, "Resolved that the Competitive Examination Should Be Abolished,” was held. The affirmative was upheld by Grade Xht.. the negative by XIa. Mr. Sweet judged the debate and gave his decision in favor of the negative. This debate created a great deal of interest as the subject was one close to the heart of all students.
The first public meeting of the "Lit” was held on the evening of October 18th. the occasion being the first of the Provincial I liter-High School debates for the Rutherford Cup. We are proud of the splendid showing made by our debaters, and very grateful to Mr. Sweet who so ably coached them.
The
second open meeting was held December 12th, in the form of a motion picture, "The Vicar of Wakefield.” At this meeting the Sherlock Scholarships for History and Literature were presented to Miss Helen Maynard and Miss Dorothy Burnham respectively. The presentation was made by Rev. Robt. Pearson.
The officers for the Spring term were as follows:
President—Gordon Wilson.
Vice-President—Marv Hamilton.
Secretary- -Jean Routledge.
Treasurer—A lex ('larke.
Representative for Grade XII—Edna Bernard. Representative for Grade XIa—Lois Sylvester. Representative for Grade X I it—Thelma Kearns. Representative for Grade Xa- Royee Craig. Representative for Grade Xn—Jack Weller. Representative for Grade Xo—Leonard Roy. Representative for Senior Commercial—Winnie Scott.
The greatest achievement of the Society for the second term was the presen­tation of the play, "The Merchant of Venice/* by the students of Grade XL The fact that this play was presented two nights, March 5th and 6th, to eapacitv houses, speaks well for the popularity of High School plays with the general public.
On Friday, February 20th, the greatest event of the year (in the opinion of the students) was held, namely, the "Senior Literary Dance.” This dance will undoubtedly go on record in the annals of the L. II. S. as one of the most successful social"evenings that has ever been held.
In closing we wish to thank Miss Mawdsley and Mr. Brodic, who have been untiring in .heir assistance to the society, and to whom too much credit cannot be given for the success of this phase of school activity.
A nna S a n d q u is t .
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“THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD”
The motion picture version of Goldsmith’s <rVicar of Wakefield” was presented in the Auditorium of Central School on the evening: of Friday. December 12, 1921. under the auspices of the Senior Literary Society. This picture was produced by the Department of Extension of the University of Alberta, and was of special interest t<> the Students of Grade XI., who take up this book in their English studies this year.
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In the productions of plays by the Literary Societies during the year use was made of new equipment which has been added to our stock of stage fittings, including a complete set of curtains, and an extension to the platform involving an expenditure of about one hundred dollars. The cost would have been greater had it not been for the willing services given by a group of the girls and by Miss Pudifin, in the making of the curtains.
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The students of the school were privileged in hearing a lecture on April 23, by I)r. II. S. Thomson, Secretary of the Canadian Dental Hygiene Council, on "Oral Hygiene/' and Professor Hurt of the University of Alberta lectured a week later on “The League of Nations.”
THE ANNUAL DANCE
On Friday, February 20th, Central School Auditorium was the scene of a most enjoyable dance, held by the High School Senior Literary Society. The hall was most tastefully decorated with streamers of purple and gold. Numerous ferns and palms, under the softened radiance of tinted lights, assisted in converting the room into a place of beauty. The guests included the members of the School Hoard, the School Staff, the wives of the sterner members of the staff, and the students of the three higher grades. On entering they were received by Miss Man* Hamilton. Mi$S Mawdsloy. Mrs. A. J. Watson. Mrs. .). II. Westbrook and Mrs. W. S. Rrodie. Dancing commenced at nine o'clock. Excellent music was fur­nished by Miss Elton’s orchestra. At 11.15 a dainty lunch was served, after which another hour of (lancing concluded the program. To Miss Mawdsley, the organizer; Miss Terrill, convenor of the decorating committee, and Miss Pudifin. convenor of the refreshment committee, our thanks and appreciation are extended as they were largely responsible for the successful evening.
"Such a wonderful time,—iced lemonade was—sore feet now -teachers looked lovely- -almost human—cosy lounges—sleepy as the dickens/’ were common com­ments heard next day.
Yes, it was a wonderful success!—a dance which will undoubtedly go on record in the annals of the L. II. s. as one of the most successful social evenings ever held.
A nna S a n d q u is t .
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“THE MERCHANT OF VENICE”
/1 ^ NE OF THE MOST enjoyable and successful events of the term was the W production of Shakespeare's popular play, ‘'The Merchant of Venice.” staged by the members of Grade XI. This play, which was undoubtedly, one of the most successful ever put on by the High School, was presented in Central School Audi­torium on the evenings of March oth and 6th. The difficulties always to be encountered in the presentation of a Shakespearian play were soon overcome by the untiring efforts of Mi.-- Mawdsley and Mr. Brodie. As the play progressed on both evenings, the entire cast entered into the spirit of the story, dramatically interpreting both the humor and pathos bound up in this -lory of Venice.
Although three romances are interwoven into tin- tale, tin- story centres around the activities of the covetous and rapacious Shylock. St. flair Rivers, who took the part of the Jew, portrayed this character with great success, disclosing much ability as he depicted the character of the Jew in three different phases: first, spurned and despised, yet craftily seeking revenge; second, still despised, yet in his hour of victory preparing to wipe out the debt which he feels the hated Gentiles owe him; and lastly, crushed and broken, as his revenge is snatched from him and he receives his just desserts.
Donald Buchanan as Antonio, Merchant of Venice, left little to be desired in his portrayal of the part of a true friend. Especially noticeable was the skill displayed in the trial scene, where he was undoubtedly at his best, exhibiting a stoical resignation to his fate.
The role of Portia was skilfully taken by Anna Sandquist, who proved her ability to portray the typical Elizabethan Portia. Miss Sandquist deserves much credit for the way in which she entered into the spirit of her part, and her cer­tainty and convincing manner made her a very engaging Portia. Thelma Kearns as Xerissa, her lady-in-waiting, also interpreted her character extremely well, and supplied a humorous touch in her love affair with the voluble Gratiano, the latter character being well played by Bob Crawford. Myrtle Leech as Jessica, beautiful daughter of Shylock. also took her part very successfully. Claude O'Leary as Bassanio, Portia s suitor, deserves much credit for a careful characterization.
Humorous, but perfectly portrayed were the characters of Old Gobbo, played by George Glanville. and Launcelot Gobbo, his son, played by Gordon Wilson.
Ralph Harvey, as Duke of Venice; John Watson, Gordon McKenzie and Harold Rubbra as Venetian gentlemen all contributed to the success of the play.
Although great credit reflects upon the “actors” and “actresses” of this play, yet equal credit must be given to the teachers who. by their ceaseless efforts in training the caste, made the play “go." Miss M&wdsley and. as usual. Mr. Brodie, with the assistance of Miss Pudifm are responsible for the play's unquestioned • success. Praise must also be given to Mr. F. Rose who assisted Mr. Wade in the make-up of the caste.
During the casket scene the song, ‘“Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred,” was pleasingly sung bv Jessie Findley.
The High School Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Wade, supplied music during the evening. The members of the Orchestra are: Edith Ball. Doris Good­man. Phvlis Clarke. Zina Heninger, Marv Goldstein. Alma MoC’ausland, Kittv Goodman, Frances Bernard, Ronald Glasgow. Frank Lawford, T. Andrew, Hugh Law ford, Harold McKillop, Wilbur MeKillop, Tom Green.1 fusil School Obcukstka
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Shylock ............................................................. St. Clair Rivers
Salarino ......................................................................John Watson
Salanio ................................................................ Gordon McKenzie
Antonio, Merchant of Venice .......................... Donald Buchanan
Gratiano, friend of Bassanio .............................. Robert Crawford
Lorenzo, in love with Jessica ............................ Harold Rubbra
Bassanio, a gentleman suitor to Portia ............ Claude O'Leary
Balthasar, servant to Portia .......................... Ralph McKenzie
Leonardo, servant to Bassanio ........................................Joe Lakie
Old Gobbo ......................................................... George Glanville
Launeelot Gobbo, in Shy lock's service ............... Gordon Wilson
Tubal, a friend to Shylock .................................. Gordon Wilson
Duke of Venice ....................................................... Ralph Harvey
Magnificoes ................................ Stuart Wright and K. Jamieson
Portia ....................................................................... Anna Samlquist
Xcrissa, her waiting-inaid .................................... Thelma Kearns
Jessica, daughter to Shylock .................................. Myrtle Leech
Katin.i:kn M. Joxus.
THE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
The J.. II. S. Orchestra is a feature in school recreation which well deserves the whole hearted support of all teachers, parents, pupils and general public, as music, particularly instrumental music, is undoubtedly an aid to culture, and the benefits of the school orchestra will be made more apparent as time goes on. The thanks of the members of the orchestra is due to Mr. A. Wade for his kindly interest and work in directing the school orchestra.
The selections rendered by the orchestra at the "Merchant of Venice,” "Robin Hood," and at the regular literary meetings, were much appreciated by the audiences. The orchestra also rendered a programme at a banquet held in the Y. M. (’. A. during Membership Drive Week, which all goes to prove that the L. II. s. Orchestra is worth while. To quote the principal of McGill University, Sir A. W. Currie, when speaking recently at a school function:
"There has been too much tendency of recent years to regard the study of music from the professional point of view, as aimed at the winning of a livelihood. We cannot but lend our heartfelt approval to all that tends to encourage music for the sake of its cultural value, and of the beauty and joy that lie in its melodies.”
It is to be hoped, as each year rolls on, that the membership will increase and that the school orchestra will be one of the liveliest organizations at school.
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THE INTER-HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE
Debating Tram
That history would repeat itself in the form of another debating cham­pionship for the local High School, was fully expected this year, espec­ially after such an impetus as was given to debating by our champions of last year. But "the best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft agloy,” and leave us to enjov only the memories of what might have been. Today the Lethbridge High School mourn the loss of the debat­ing championship and the Rutherford Cup emblematic thereof.
The first round of the intcr-Hgh School debates was held wth debates simultaneous! v at Medicine I fat and Lethbridge on Tuesday, November 18, the question under discussion being, “That it. is in the national interest that the Canadian Government should impose an export duty on Pulpwood.” The team from Medicine Mat, Miss Abelc Weeks and William Morris, upheld the affirmative in this city and Peterson and St. Clair Rivers by our opponents, Russel llalpin and
defeated our strong team, Miss lIuKIda a total of three points. At Medicine Hat Alex Spivak, before a record breaking audience of between five and six hundred, marshalled facts and figures in amazing fashion, and were able to outpoint our affirmative, Miss Doris Dunham and (J. Wilson, by the small margin of two points. Of this latter encounter mention must be made of the fluent manner in which Miss Dunham acquitted herself. She drew down special remarks from the judge for her excellent debating style and English.
Ii is interesting to note that Lethbridge proved Medicine Hat's most for­midable opponents since that city's team has lately won the provincial champion­ship, defeating Kdmonton's debating talent by a wide margin.
It is the wish of the debaters that next year will bring better results, and that the local High School will again take its rightful place as holder of the coveted Rutherford Cup.
In the “JV series of intcr-lligh School debates, conducted by the Department of Extension of the University of Alberta, Minburn won the U. F. A. Cup, emble­matic of the championship.
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF STUDY
l V<'!•' Yor have asked me to write for your magazine i am going to write a
few word* on the "Psychology of Study”—not that 1 expect i<> revolutionize all former methods in the High School; things do not happen that way. I can no more than sketch some of the interesting facts that psychology has lately disclosed, but if I can tempt you to further reading, I shall have accomplished much.
Dealing with this topic, let us first consider attention. It is evident that attention is a fluctuating phenomenon. When you read a book your attention seems to come in flashes and the length and intensity of those flashes will obviously have much to do with the effectiveness of your study. As you near maturity your power to give attention will increase; that is, if you have cultivated the habit of concentrating in youth. How often have you sat over your books thinking of something else and then told the teacher that you had spent an hour on the subject and could not learn it? Every time vou did this you damaged vonrself twice over; in the first place, you wasted time which you might have put to better advantage on something else; in the second place, you encouraged yourself in i la- bad habit of letting vour mind wander. Do not do it. Trv to make vonrself concentrate if you can; but if it is impossible, turn to something else and have another try in the morning when vour mind is fresh.
Quite obviously, different subjects attract the attention of different people. Your best work in life—the best work of everyone—i> always along the line that awakens spontaneous interest. Hut interest which has to he forced is a good thing, too, in its proper place. It forms an excellent training in concentration which will be of value later along tin* line you choose to follow, and it often presents you with some knowledge which, while not in itself interesting, is necessary as a foundation for something interesting later on. Late in life, IVpys. writer of the famous diary, undertook to learn the multiplication table and had a hard struggle with it—not an interesting topic in itself, but valuable later.
And now having given due attention to your studies and having, as you say. "learnt” them, how long will you retain them? That will depond on your memory. There are two types of memory; that needed for immediate recall, and the power of retention, which goes deeper and registers what will be recalled after a con­siderable period of time. One thing has been proved past all doubt, and that is that what has been learnt in childhood will be retained longer than what is learnt later. Psychologists make graphs—similar to those you make in Algebra—to illustrate how the ability to learn increases tip to about the age of fourteen years, then stavs fairly level till about twenty-two, and then starts on a more or less rapid downhill path. And it is not enough t<> repeal what you have learned once. Thai satisfies only the immediate memory. Be sure you can say ii several times and then it will be a permanent poss n. It takes only a little extra time at the moment; it will take longer later and perhaps then you will be less able to spare tin- time. With a subject like science <>r history, learn by asking yourself questions as well as by repetition. This separates the different parts of the subject and also trains you to put it to practical use which is after all the ultimate aim of most things learnt. Success in life is dependent upon ability to solve questions speedily and well. Prepare yourself for the future by training in quick and accurate solution of problems.Page Twenty-Two Tin: s r o T u a i /T
Time is a factor ii: learning; the crammer mav satisfy immediate memory and pass his examinations—if he is a good crammer—but the consistent student who has done a little each day will retain his subject much longer. If an exercise is given a week ahead, do a little each night for several nights; you will save time in the end, for the total amount of time required will be less than if the whole exercise had been left to one night. When the task is to memorise a selection, adopt the habit of memorizing by learning the whole and not the part. If you memorize a selection of several stanzas, stanza by stanza, you are mentally associating the end of stanza one with the beginning of stanza one, instead of with the beginning of stanza two as ought to have been the case. However, if certain passages give especial trouble, try them by themselves and then put them into their context again. Remember active learning is always better than passive. Keep trying to repeat the exercise as well as merely reading it.
And now, when all is done, it must be admitted that some people will always learn quicker than others and that very often the quick learner will remember better than the slow learner. But both types of learners can bring themselves to the highest development possible to them by the formation of good habits in youth—the time when habits are made. What you do carelessly now is moulding the character of the man you will some day be. There is no such thing as "turning over a new leaf." If you do not write carefully in the book of life as a child you will leave it untidy for all time. For that kind of writing there is no eraser.
M. I). Mawdsi.ey.
THE HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
The Lethbridge High School chorus was successful in obtaining the Calgary
Musicians' Association Shield at the Musical Festival held here from the eleventh
to the fifteenth of May. The chorus was the only one entered in this class, which
is a new one this year.
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Under the able supervision of Mr. Wade thirty girls who took part volun­tarily, spent a great deal of time and energy in preparation. The first selection sung was "Snow Flakes” by Lyon; the second, Bantock’s “Faery Kingdom.” The points given were 87 and 81 respectively, totalling 168, eighteen marks more than those required to obtain the shield.
This is a good start for Lethbridge High School, and we sincerely hope that in the coming years they will bring more honors to l/ethbridge in the musical line. ' ‘ W. S.
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Junior Litkrakv Kxkc-utivks 1924-192the >norl icur Page Twenty-Five
THE JUNIOR LITERARY SOCIETY
The 11)21 25 term brought into evidence a banner .Junior Literary Society.
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Both in size and in efforts this society has equalled if not surpassed the Junior “Lits” of previous years. The combined IXa. IX a, IXc, ami IX. Commercial Classes, make up this organization, and this year, under the management of Mr. Brodie, assisted by Miss McNaughton, Miss Budilin and Miss Conn, we Juniors feel that we have done all credit to ourselves.
The object of our Society is twofold. First, t<> cultivate and display our musical and literary (including dramatic and debating) ability; and second, to help the other High School activities financially. Both of these objects this year's Lit. feels that it has attained.
First, from the literary viewpoint. The classes took turns in putting on programs, and these latter consisted primarily of plays, supplemented by music, oral composition and recitations. Each program bespoke good ability, special training and keen interest on the part of the class presenting it. In each case, of course, much credit must, he given the class teacher, who helped in the selection and preparation of the program.
Different types of plays were presented in the course of the year, but all were
most successful, and were thoroughly enjoyed by the members of the society. Special mention should be made of the IXc’s appearing in two scenes from “King Henry V.” From now on Shakespeare won't seem quite so terrible to us! All thanks to Miss Pndifin.
The scenes from the Christmas Carol, dramatized and directed by Miss Terrill and presented by the IX it's were surely welcomed by us, especially as wo were, at the time, deep in the literary interpretation, character study, and every­thing that's hard and means “work” in the story of Scrooge.
The IX l’b in “How Mrs. Gaskelldid not Hirea Cook” and in “City Ignorance” and the Junior Commercials in “Latest Sensations from Podunk,” assisted by Miss McXaughton, Mr. L’egrum and Miss Conn, proved themselves quite capable of taking on the appearance and characteristics of whatever type they represented in these amusing sketches.
Musical ability was well manifested throughout the year in the prominent part piano and violin solos, vocal solos and duets took in the entertainments.Patje Ttvenhj-Sx.r
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Mr. Wade found places for several of our members in the orchestra and they, no doubt, profited greatly by the training they received there.
From the fees received from the members, and the funds realized from the Junior play, "Ifobin Hood." an account of which appears on another page, we have been able to help considerably in financing the High School activities through the year. So that we feel our organization, providing as it did entertainment and instruction for us. and attaining its second object, is one of which we can be really proud.
But behind it all! Let us not forget—our Executives'—those who did the planning, the organizing, who took the responsibility and saw every endeavor •‘through." We know that each and every one of them can, after his term of "theory and practice” with the Juniors, step into office in the Senior Lit. when opportunity comes, and can fill his ollice there satisfactorily to the society and without too many fears of incompetence as far as he himself is concerned.
The ollicers for the first term were:
President—11arvev (> reenway.
Vice-President—<)da Weir.
Secret a ry—Tom Gant.
Treasurer—Walter .McDonald.
IX .\ If'op resent at ive Robert Reid.
IXn Representative—Jean (’rawford.
IXc Representative—Laverne Quick.
I X Commercial Representative—Horace Vaughn.
For the second term : ’
I * res i dent —J can (Taw fort I.
Vice-President—George Meeoh.
Secretary—Tom Gant.
Treasurer Walter McDonald.
IX a Representative- Robert Reid.
IXis Representative—Hilda Robinson.
IXc Representative—Wilbur MeKillop.
IX Commercial Representative—Pansy Quick.
Pianist throughout the vear—Fileen Clcarv.
Kditor—Helen Maynard.
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“ROBIN HOOD”
/|j\ X ONE SIDE of the curtain a restless crowd sat waiti
the other side, boys, girls and teachers were preparing was evidently important. But what could have caused all nothing else than the play. "Robin Hood," which was being of the Junior "Lit."
ng. Meanwhile, on for something that this!' Whv surelv. staged by members
At eight o'clock the curtain was drawn back. A breathless hush fell over the audience; the play had begun.
The first scene presents Robin Hood (George Meeoh) and his merry men in
Sherwood Forest. It is Mav Dav, and Robin declares he will not dine without
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guests. Soon, Sir Richard at the Lee (.John Easton) and his daughter. Maid Marian (Laverne Quick) come by. They receive aid from Robin Hood, and promise to return in a year's time.THE SPOTLIGHT Page Twenty-Seven
Next we meet the Sheriff of Nottingham (Tom Gant), and tin* Baron of the Black Castle (Walter MacDonald). They are discussing Sir Richard and his lands. The Sheriffs wife (Helen Maynard) sits in one corner, spinning. A knock is heard, and then Guy (Herbert Minn by) and Anthony (.lames McGregor) bring in two prisoners, Jock and Joan (Jean Crawford and Jenny Hocking). Their mother, Avisa (Edna Olander) pleads for their freedom, but it is refused.
Another knock is heard. 'This time it is Sir Richard, who has come to pay a debt. The Baron is very disappointed, for he had hoped to have the Knight’s lands for his own. Now the Sheriff shows himself to be a coward, especially as Little John (Harvey Green way) is there.
Some months elapse before Joek and Joan are able t»> escape. They flee to
Sherwood Forest and are protected by Friar Tuck (Fred Mackie).
"Kokin Mood"
Xow we are at the castle. Queen Eleanor (Lily Jenks) is sitting with Maid Marian and her ladies-in-waiting. Then the King (Douglas Keiver) arrives with a number of friends. Ripples of laughter flutter over the audience at the comical sayings of Guy and Anthony. Then Sir Richard and his friends bid their sovereign good-bye.
Next we are again in Sherwood Forest. The King and Queen are also there with a number of attendants. They are in disguise, and have come for the purpose of seeing Robin Hood. The latter finally appears and invites the visitors to dine with him. They accept, and at the end of the feast the King becomes known. Then Sir Richard arrives, and tin* outlaw is able to buy his freedom. The last chorus is sung and the curtain drawn.Page Ticcnly-High ( THE SPOTLIGHT
Just before the singing of "God Save the King,” Miss Pudifin and Miss McNaughton were presented with n bouquet of flowers as ;i token of thanks for the work they had done in helping i<> put on the play. Mr. Brodie, and Mr. Wade and the High School Orchestra, gave their best efforts to help make the play a success.
The remaining members of the caste were: Will Scarlet, Harold Kilner; Much, Glen Hamilton; Alan-a-dale, Eric Johnson; King’s messenger, Wilbur McKiUop, and the ladies-in-waiting, Hilda Robinson, Helen Wright and Bernice Beasley.
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HOBBIES
TtttfKBSTER defines a hobby as a ruling passion. But the thought of being ruled by any passion may seem repugnant to the best ideals of self-develop­ment. Rather let us look on a hobby not as a passion, but as a pursuit, other than that by which we earn our daily bread, into which we can. in spare moments, so direct our energies as to forget the ever present urge of the daily grind. Change of work is as good as a rest, and we can come back to our vocation with new enthusiasm. At the same time we must give a word of caution. Bide your hobby using whip and spur, but do not let it take control. Do not be quite as accommodating as the Irishman, who a trifle under the influence, was riding home late at night. Floundering through a hog, the horse managed to get one foot caught in a stirrup from which the rider’s foot had slipped. "0 well!” said Pat, "if you’re coming up here, I'll be getting down!” It is only when the hobby kes charge that it turns an entertaining companion into a tiresome bore.
And speaking of companionship, is it not true that a friend with a hobby can be a most interesting comrade? A walk with one whose leisure time is given to brush and pencil is a trip through a magic land of colors, lights and shadows that you never before noticed with your unseeing eyes. The amateur gardener soon develops a similar ability to translate i<> us the language of Nature. 1 well recall a friend of mine, whose garden was his summer recreation, pointing out a bit of natural philosophy which I have thought of many times since, lie made this remark that colors in flowers of the same kind, as for instance, reds in sweet peas, do not clash as do those of differing plants, for example the reds of nasturtiums and of sweet peas. Whether an artist would agree with this or not I cannot say. But is not a hobby that will lend us to ponder on the curious ways of Nature a most valuable education in itself?
It has been truly said that for increasing the joy of life there is nothing quite like a hobby, whether it be outdoor sports, chess, music, pottery or Persian cats. Even the much ridiculed crossword puzzle has been a stimulus to thousands of jaded minds. To one old lady, at least, it opened up new vistas of pleasure. "You know, said she. ”1 take such comfort in reading my new dictionary, though it is hard at times to follow the thread of thought.”
I he objection I have to such fads as that mentioned, the crossword puzzle, is chiefly that it is thrust upon us from without. The impelling motive is not within ourselves, but we arc forced into the game by the daily press and constant iteration of our neighbors. It is like being ordered by every billboard, bv placards iti the street cards, and by flaming electric signs, to Eat Raisins—especially Jones’t h e s p o t l ig h t Page. Tiventy-Xine
Raisins. Those advertisements always nettle one a bit, and I invariably deb mine to along on prunes just for spite. A hobby forced on you by public
clamor is not your hobby. It will die when the fickle public changes its whim.
You have doubtless heard of dead end vocations, those that lead nowhere, give no opportunity to rise. I would place the crossword puzzle with marathon dancing, as dead end recreations.
One hobby which is capable of indefinite expansion is the scrapbook habit. A year's collection of clippings on the subject which appeals to you. taken from newspapers and magazines, is a volume worth more to the collector than any lie could buy. A case in point is that of a school girl who made a collection of jokes
and funny verses for her own amusement. A public speaker, seeing the little
book, at once appreciated it.- value to him and offered her fifty dollars for it. She, however, valued it fully as well, and refused to sell.
There is another phase of hobby riding that it is well to keep in mind. It is a fact that many of the most revolutionary inventions have been made, not by men engaged in the line of work affected by the invention, but by amateurs, that is, bv men who have taken up the subject as a hobby. Witness for example the invention of the first practical cotton spinning mcahine. Richard Arkwright, it was, a broker, who made possible the great cotton spinning industry of England. The aeroplane was brought into being not, as one might expect, by expert balloon­ists, nor was the modern automobile invented by ;i locomotive engineer. The explanation is obvious, 'flu* amateur is not hampered by tradition, 'flic trained man. I should say the professional perhaps, is afraid of the ridicule of bis fellow workers should he launch into untried methods. The layman is responsible to no one for the success of Ids hobby, and often by bis new methods of attack is carried by sheer audacity to a long in for achievement.
But whether or not we make discoveries that will startle the world, everv one
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of us who takes up a sensible hobby, will soon discover that it means new fields of pleasure, and the great joy of a broadening mental horizon. The hobby is well worth while.
W. S. Bkodik.
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ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES
A <iAi X \VK IIA \ K arrived at the close of a most successful athletic season.
Tilt* Field Meet showed this very conclusively, for many new records were
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made, and some of the old ones equalled, all of which goes to prove that the interest of the school in athletics has not diminished in spite of the fact that year by year the personnel of the competitors is changing. The success of the (iiris' Basketball Team has been most remarkable inasmuch as they have won for the first time in the history of the Lethbridge High School, the Provincial Championship. The Boys’ Basketball Team is also worthy of mention. Although they were not as successful as the girls, they came within an ace of carrying off the championship of the city. The spirit of good sportsmanship has ever been one of the features of the school athletics, and it is to he hoped that this high standard will he maintained.
A great deal of credit is due to the untiring efforts of Mr. Lonsberry, Miss Terrill, Miss Pudifin. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Pegrum. and to the Athletic Kxecutive in making the season such a success. The officers of the * xccutive were as follows:
Season 1924 Season* 1925
President—M. Hamilton. President—A. Simpson.
Vice-President—Win. Hay. Vice-President—Wnt. Hay.
Secretary-Treasurer—G. Stralcy Secretary-Treasurer— Mr. Lonsberry.
There were also two sub-executives, one to look after the hoys*, and the other the girls* sports.
THE ANNUAL ATHLETIC MEET
Tile Annual Track and Field Meet of the Lethbridge High School was held on September 2Gth and October 1st. on the exercise grounds of the li. ('. M. P. Barracks. The weather was rather cold and showery which retarded the running oil* of the events. Despite these unfavorable conditions, the meet was a distinct success, there being six new records set and two tied. This is worthy of note for in each previous year new records have been made and broken, thus rendering it much harder year bv year to set new marks.Page Thirty-Two THE SPOT L I (HIT
1U24-25 Field Day Champions
\V. Hay \V. MacDonald T. Green W. Stralcv M. Hamilton A. Simpson . ' Inter* Champ •It. Champ Jr. Champ Inter. Chan Hr. Champ
Ubcokils Biiokkx
Boys’ Senior, 140 yard race—Win. Hay, time 59 I 5 seconds.
Boys' Senior, Shot But (12 lbs.) — If. Harvey, distance 12 ft.
Boys’ Junior, 110 yard race—T. Green, time 1 minute 10 2-5 seconds.
Boys’Junior, Running High Jump—M. Smith, height 1 ft. 8 inches.
Girl>’ Senior, 220 yard dash—A. Vere. time 32 1-5 seconds.
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Girls’ Intermediate, 220 yard dash—Equalled by M. Hamilton, time 33 sec. Girls’ Junior, 220 yard dash*—W. Straley, time 32 1-5 seconds.
Girls’Junior, Running High Jump—Equalled by W. Straley, height 3 ft. 11 in.
The following are the Lethbridge High School Champions for the season of 1924-25:
Boys’ Senior- -Win. Hay.
Boys' Intermediate—W. MacDonald.
Boys' Junior—T. Green.
Girls' Senior—A. Simpson.
Girls' Intermediate—M. Hamilton.
Girls' .Junior—W. Straley.
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Bovs’ Skxiok Kvknts
100 yard dash—If. Glasgow, Wm. Hay, G. Glanville. Time 11 1-5 sec.
220 yard dash—If. Glasgow, Win. Hay, I*. Harvey. Time 25 3-5 see.
440 yard race—Wm. Hay, If. Glasgow, If. Harvey. Time 69 1-5 sec.
880yard race—If. Glasgow, I). Keiver, H. MacDonald. Time 2 min 33 1-5sec. Running broad jump—Wm. Hay, D. Keiver, A. Donaldson. Distance 16* 11)4”. Running high jump—Wm. Hay, A. Donaldson, R. Harvey. Height 5* 1-4 in. Running hop, step and jump—Wm. Hay, 1). Keiver, A. Kidpath. Distance 35 ft. 10 inches.
Shot put—R. Harvey, A. Ridpath, D. Aggers. Distance 38 ft.
Relay—Won by Wm. Hay, A. Ridpath, .1. Carson, If. Glasgow.
Roys’ I NTKK.MKDI.VTK KVKNTS
100 yard dash—W. MacDonald, G. Wilson, H. Peacock. Time 12 3 5 see.
220 yard dash—G. Wilson, II. Peacock, W. MacDonald. Time 20 3-5 sc. 440 yard race—W. MacDonald, G. Wilson, H. Peacock. Time l min. 6 3-5 ^ec. ■SS0 yard race W. MacDonald. H. Vaughn. G. Wilson. Time 2 min. 55 1-5 see. Running broad jump—W. MacDonald, H. Peacock, G. Wilson. Distance 15 feet 2/ inches.
Running high jump—R. Craig, H. Elton, W. MacDonald. Height I ft. 8 in. Running hop, step and jump—W. MacDonald, G. Wilson, H. Peacock. Dis­tance 33 ft. (> inches.
Relay Won by I.. Roy, II. Thomas, M. Luco. S. Rest.
Rovs’ Ji'xioit Kvknts
100 yard dash—T. Green, H. Lawford, T. Pratt. Time 13 1-5 sec.
220 yard dash—T. Green, T. Pratt, II. Lawford. 'I’ime 30 3-5 sec.
440 yard race—T. Green, II. Lawford, T. Gant. Time l min. 10 2-5 sec.
880 yard race—T. Green, M. Smith, 'I'. Gant. Time 3 min. 1 1-5 see.
Running broad jump- M. Smith, (i. Hamilton, D. Punnell. Distance 13’ 11". Running high jump—M. Smith, C. Larson, C. Fairbanks. Height I ft. 8 in. Running hop, step and jump—L. Anderson, M. Smith, 'I'. Gant. Distance 31 feet Y> inch.
Relay—Won by T. Green. II. Lawford, M. Smith, A. McKinnon.
G mils’ Skxiok Kvknts
100 yard dash—E. Ifccd. A. Simpson, A. Verc. Time l I sec.
220 yard dash—A. Vere, K. Reed. A. Simpson. Time 32 1-5 sec.
Standing broad jump—A. Simpson, E. Reed, M. Schumacher. Distance 7 feet Y2 inch.
Running high jump—A. Simpson. M. Schumacher, E. Schumacher. Height 4 feet 1 inch.
Basketball throw—M. Schumacher. A. Simpson, K. Schumacher. Distance 5? feet 3 inches.
Raschall throw—H. McKillop, A. Simpson, M. Schumacher. Distance 1 10 feet 5 inches.
Relay—Won by A. Vere, M. Schumacher, A. Rod inyak, M. Raby.
Giki.s* Ixtkkmkdiatk Kvknts
100 yard dash—M. Hamilton, E. Ball, M. Jamies. Time 14 1-5 sec.
220 yard dash—M. Hamilton, K. Ball, B. MacKenzie. Time 33 sec. Standing broad jump—D. Aggers, M. Hamilton, K. Ball. Distance 6’ 9)4”. Running high jump*—K. Ball, M. James, Z. Heninger. Height 3 ft. 11 in. Basketball throw—M. Hamilton. Z. Heninger, K. Ball. Distance 61 ft. 3 in. Baseball throw—M. Hanrlton, K. Rail. Distance 125 ft. 11 in.
Relay—Won bv M. Hamilton, X. Walker, W. Rrandow, B. McKenzie.Page TJt irhj-l'our THE <POTUCUT
Girls’ Junior Events
100 yard dash—W. Straley, K. Cowell. M. MacKenzie. Time I I sec.
220 yard dash—W. Straley, K. Cowell, C. Pox. Time 32 1-5 see.
Standing broad jump—W. Straley, K. Cowell, J. Hamilton. Distance 6* 11”. Running high jump—W. Straley, M. Raby, E. Metcalfe. Height •'! ft. 11 in. Basketball throw—W. Straley, M. Raby, K. Cowell. Distance 63 ft.
Baseball throw—W. Straley, K. Cowell, ('. Perrier. Distance l 12 ft.
Relay—Won by W. Straley, C. Perrier, Summer, E. Gingard.
I.. II. S. Boys’ Bakkktkai.i. Tkam
1). Keiver (foricard); A, Ridpath (forward); G. Spirou (centre); R. Holman (for tea H. Rubbra (fortcord)-, C. Mitchell (guard); R. Harvey (guard); C. McKillop (guard).
Boys' Bask etna i.i.
The Bov.-’ Senior Basketball team, during the last season, have eclipsed their efforts of previous years. The team, although lighter in every respect than formerly, was snappier in its all-round team work, and showed more initiative in its individual play. The members of the team were: Allan Ridpath (captain) and Reid Holman forwards; Clifford Mitchell and Ralph Harvey guards; George Spirou centre. Harold Rubbra sub-centre; Douglas Iveivor, sub-forward, and (’has. •‘Bud'* McKillop sub-guard.THE SPOTLIGHT Page, Thirty-Five
The High School team was one of four which entered the City League, the others being the "Business Men." the "Vets" and the "V." During the whole league the “Hi” and the ‘.'Business Men” were contestants for first honors. The deciding game was wen by the “Business Men” in the last half-minute of play by the score of 22 to 20.
This season the team did not enter the provincial play-oil's, and played only two outside home-and-home games with Barons, defeating them in both games.
The basketball season was brought to a close with a banquet at which the team presented Mr. McKillop with a small token of their heart esl thanks and appreciation.
Hockey
Hockey, which gained a (inn foothold last year, figured largely in the school athletics during the past winter. All showed great enthusiasm and, as a result, a league consisting of six teams was formed, one from Grade XII, one from each (Jrade .\i. one from each tirade X. and one from the combined tirade IX. Many good players hitherto unknown were brought to the fore. The games were excit­ing, showed good play and at all times the best feelings of sportsmanship prevailed. The league was carried out successfully, tirade IX. winning the honors.
It is inevitable that during the coming years hockey will find a large place in the High School's athletic activities, and in time the school may be able to boast of a team in the provincial leagues.
\Ym. Hay.
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Inter-Class Games
The first work of the (Iiris' Athletic Kxecutive was to form an inter-grade basketball league—senior and junior—under the leadership of Miss Budilin and Miss Terrill. The seniors entered seven teams, Senior Commercial carrying off the honors. The junior league, representing the Freshmen, was carried out successfully and provided much competition and fun.
City Lkaoik
Two High School teams were entered in this league. A few games were played, the High School being victorious, but as the games became rough, latterly, the school teams were withdrawn.
Proving iai. Leaui’E
As in former years the High School entered a Girls' team in the Provincial Play Oil's. The opening game against Raymond was played in Lethbridge, and a return game was played in Raymond, both games being won by Lethbridge.
Home and home games were played with the Alexandra High School girls of Medicine Hat. The games were fast and showed brilliant playing on both sides, and again the Lethbridge girls were the victors.
While the visitors were in Lethbridge the two teams, along with their sup­porters and mem ers of the Lethbridge High School staff, were entertained at the home of Supt. and Mrs. Watson.
The northern section of the Provincial League was won by the Fdmonton Gradettes. thus entitling the Lethbridge girls to play them for the championship. The Gradettes, however, defaulted the game, as several of their players were needed to strengthen the senior team—the Commercial Grads. Thus the Leth­bridge girls became the Provincial Champions.Faye Thirly-Six m i : SPOTLIGHT
L. II. S. Girls’ Baskktiiai.i. Tkam (Alberta Prorineial Ladies' Intermediate Champions)
K. Hull (for icq rd I ; K. Ball (foricard) ; K. Schumacher (guard); W. Straley (guard); M. Hamilton (foricard); M. McGuire (guard)’, M. Allison > guard \; E. Williams (foricard) \
M. Schumacher (guard); A. Simpson (centre)
The basketball season proved a decided success. Too much can hardly be satri of the loyalty of Mr. McKillop, his able coaching, and sportsmanlike example. The girls appreciate very highly tin* untiring efforts of Mr. Lonsberry and their coach. Mention may be made of the fact that the junior boys’ team proved them­selves worthy allies in providing an opposing team during practice periods.
At the close of the season Mr. and Mrs. Lonsberry pleasantly entertained at dinner the team, their coach and members of the school staff.
Pkusox nei. of t 11 k Hikes' Mask mu i.i. Team
Adair Simpson—Captain. Centre Forward.
Kdith Hall—Forward.
Mary Hamilton—Forward.
“Billie" Stralev—Guard.
Minnie Schumacher—(luard.
Muriel Allison—Guard.
Kivu fluff and Kdnn Schumacher- Sub-forwards. Muriel McGuire and Kvellyn Williams—Sub-guards.
Hikes' Hockey
This is the first year that a girls" hockey team has been definitely organized. This was brought about mainly by the persistent efforts of Mr. Wilson. Much enthusiasm was aroused among the girls, which resulted in bringing a few really good players to the front. A league consisting of four teams was formed and many enjoyable games were held. It is hoped, during the coming season, that a girls' hockey team will be definitely established, which will make a name for itself in that popular winter sport.
Many Hamilton.t h e s p o t l ig h t Page Th irty-Scvcn
Baskhai.l
Again, as in former years, the students of the High School are demoting their energies to the American national game—Baseball. On account of the school term being so far advanced, no boys' league has been formed, although several friendly games between grades have been played.
The girls are also participating in this line* of sport. They have formed two leagues, senior and junior, with four teams in each league.
It is hoped, as the season advances, that interest in this game will be main­tained and the leagues brought to a successful close.
The hoys' baseball team made a trip to Magrath for the first outside game of the season, winning an exciting contest from Magrath High School team by the close score of I—3.
W. Hay.
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I. O. D. E. ESSAY COMPETITION
I'll?ST PRIZE ESSAY liy Christina S meat on. Grade XII.
Prizes in the High School (trades were awarded to tirade XII.—Christina S men ton. tirade XI.— Kathleen Jones.
Grade X.—Samuel Best.
Grade IX.—Jennie Syniak, St. Basil’s School.
-THE SUPERIORITY OK TICK ORGAN IZATlON OK TH K BRITISH EMPIRE TO OTHER TYPES OF IMPERIALISM; ITS POSSIBILI­TIES AS A (il IDE TO WORE!) PEACE"
Pakachaph Plan
(1) Introduction:
(rt) Definition of "Imperialism."
(2) Body:
(«» Spanish Imperialism.
(h) Kreneh Imperialism.
(c) German Imperialism.
id) The basis of true National greatness and power.
(e) British Imperialism.
(/) The Colonial Conference as a guide t*» world peace.
(J) Conclusion:
(r/) The British Empire of today.
^IMPERIALISM is the system of government under an emperor or empire; it
is an imperial state or authority; it is the spirit of an empire. It is the policy whereby a country tends toward the expansion of national domination and national ideas over a geographical area wider than national boundaries. Thus ancient Rome spread her rule and her system of government, together with her language and laws, first over the whole of Italy, then over Sicily, Northern Africa, Spain, Gaul and Greece. This, in brief, is the meaning of the word "Imperialism."
Passing over the ancient imperial states, such as Greece and Rome, we are perhaps now vitally interested in Spain because of her close proximity and relation to the British Empire. Spain first began her colonizing movement about the end of the fifteenth century with the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Her power soon extended over the southern part of this continent, taking in South America also. But her rule was not spreading in this direction alone. Besides her vast possessions in the New World, the Netherlands, Austria and Naples were under her control. Her king ruled the. Holy Roman Empire. Portugal, too, with her rich East Indian empire, fell to her lot. Yet simply because of her imperial system Spain failed utterly in the maintaining of so great an empire. Krom the first she had firmly regarded her new possessions as existing merely for her benefit. In the second place she undertook expansion on too wide a scale, her vast endeavors overtaxed her limited financial resources, and drained her of men. Then, too. the development of her colonies was sacrificed to dynastic interests on the continent of Europe. Lastly, the very mines of the New World were a source of decay.t h e s r o r u c n r Page Thirty-Nine
This wealth so easily obtained placed a premium on idleness, and industry and agriculture stagnated. With her commerce and her income shrinking, and her expenses growing, Spain even in the sixteenth century began to decline.
The next country to come to the front after the decline of Spain was France. By means of her early explorers, such as Cartier and Champlain, she, too, had obtained a footing in the New World, especially in the northern half. By means of her East India Company, site had obtained a firm and powerful position in India. Besides these colonies, she had vast possessions in Africa. Her empire was almost as large as that of Spain, and like the Spanish Empire it was doomed to failure because of tin* imperial system. In the first place, France insisted on introducing the feudal system into her colonies. Thus the peasant class, who constituted the greater and the more important part of the settlers, were forever under the control of seigniors (or landlords). Having no object to strive for they naturally did not work as hard as if the land had been their own. Another and more vital cause of failure was the fact that France interfered continuallv,
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even in the most local questions arising in the colonial government. This not only retarded the development of the colonies, but made them almost entirely dependent on the protection of the mother country. Hence, when France was called upon to light to retain her colonics she found them practically unable to protect themselves, and relying almost entirely upon her aid. This proved too prodigious a task for her undertaking and so when the final test came, the Seven Years' War with Great Britain, she, too, failed.
Because of the great expansion of her commerce, Germany found it almost necessary to enter the colonizing world. Unfortunately, however, this decision was made rather late and she found that nearly all the ground had been already taken. Yet she was able to form a few colonies, especially in Africa. But these have proved disappointing, undoubtedly because her system of petty officials and her police-sergeant methods hampered the colonists and induced them to move else­where. In fact, hundreds of thousands of Herman farmers have settled in the territory of other nations, and have changed their political allegiance. Then, too, the government of (lermany was, in a large measure, responsible for her failure as an imperial power. It was entirely too absolute, almost military in its character. No country can ever hope to succeed unless the people have some say in the gov­ernment. Hence in the light for supremacy in the World War, it was inevitable that (lermany should lose.
Perhaps it would be well at this point to stop and consider on what basis national greatness and power really depend. Spain, France and Germany have all failed because of their imperial systems; what, then, is true national greatness and power? This question is admirably answered by Viscount Milner: "It is not only armies and navies, though these have their functions to perform; it is not merely guns and fleets, though these, too, have their place: it is not merely a well- filled treasury and good credit; it is not merely high policy, though according as that is wise, prudent and far-seeing, or short-sighted, spasmodic, and impulsive, the value of guns, fleets and reserve funds may be greatly increased or diminished.
J say. ultimately, greatness and power rests in the peace and contentment of the mass of the people.”
With this belief as the creed of her imperial policy. Great Britain has retained her leadership in trans-marine expansion, and she is, undoubtedly, the greatest colonizing nation of today. The work of welding together and protecting her vast possessions has been carried on with unparalleled vigor. Much has been accom­plished in the developing of natural resources, in constructing internal improve­ments, and iii the bettering of the conditions of the natives. Few restrictions arePage Fort;/ TJ IE SPOTLIGHT
placed upon her colonies; in fact they are granted full powers of discretion, and a wide scope in which to exercise their initiative and enterprise. Then. too. colonies in which English-speaking people predominate have received the gilt of responsible government, while throughout the whole of her empire, just laws and equal opportunities for all have been consistent features of her policy- Herein lies the reason for the superiority of her imperial system, and the secret of her colonial success: She did not conquer countries merely for the sake of domination and aggrandizement, but also for the sake of advancing these countries along even- possible line of development which, tended toward their peace and contentment. This, as Viscount .Milner points out, is the basis of true national greatness and power.
•Another feature of her policy is the peace and unity maintained throughout her empire. Perhaps the most outstanding reason for such a tranquil relationship i> the Colonial Conferences. These are meetings of the representatives of the various parts of the empire to discuss matters of common interest and, consequently, to strengthen the ties binding the mother country and her colonies. These dominions, which arc, in themselves, nations, might have long since become separated from Britain but for the effectiveness of this one bond. Among the nations composing the world the same system could be used to promote peace and unity in tin- empire of the world. The League of Nations or some such organiza­tion would tend to strengthen the ties between nation and nation. By means of such conferences, the nations could work together in co-operation and settle dis­putes sanely without useless wars. In a word, it. would serve to promote eternal peace and unity in the empire of the world.
Well may the British Empire be cited as an example to the other nations in regard to world peace. Through many troublesome times, she has still remained the supreme naval and commercial power, the mistress of the seas. She has retained Canada, a valuable land, the gateway to the vast resources of the North West. Her claims in India have become firmly established. Nearly the whole comment.of Africa is under her power. The impregnable fortress of Gibraltar, the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea, has fallen into her hands. Besides this an entire continent, Australia, has been claimed in the name of her king. Profit­ing by the former mistakes of other imperial nations, the British Empire promises to he even vaster and more glorious than she is at the present time, and today she is the greatest empire the world has ever known.
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Grade IX a.THE SHOT LIGHT Page Forty-Three
CLASS NOTES S3
By The Class Reporters H %’
FROM “L'KCHO I)E IXa.”
Last year Lethbridge High School received a new set of pupils. These students formed the class IX v. and IXa. from the first was very good. The class was not noisy, not brainless, and not devoid ol athletic ability. Consequently it rose in might and contributed ofticers to the Junior Literary Society, players to “K’obin Hood,” and pupils to other functions. Kxams did not prove fatal to the class, and it is still at large, numbering about forty pupils.
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Miss Terrill: “McKillop, this is an example in subtraction. Seven boys went down to a pond to bathe, but two of them had been told not to go in. Now, can you tell me how many of them went in?"
McKillop: “Yes, ma'am. Seven!’’
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Catherine: "Mr. Pegrum said 1 had great talent as an inventor.”
M’arv: "What did he sav vou could invent?”
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Catherine: "He said 1 could invent morn new ways of spelling than anyone he’d ever known!" o o o o o
Lethbridge had a little school,
Its fame was white as snow,
And everywhere that IXa. went,
Its fame was sure to grow, ooooo
Mr. Brodic: “What can you tell me about nitrates?”
Harold: “For one thing, they are cheaper than day rates!"
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Mr. Pegrum was asking the antonyms of several words. “Now," he said, “what is the opposite of misery?”
"Happiness,” said IXa. in unison.
“And of sadness?” he asked.
“Gladness,” came the answer.
"And the antonvm of woe?”
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"Gee up!” roared delighted IXa. in high glee.
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Jessie was sent t<> a fashionable school (L. 11. S.) and was soon persuaded to change her name to Jessica. She wrote to her brother, signing herself bv her new name. Soon came the reply:
"Dear Jessica: I received vour welcome letter yesterday. Mamaica and Papaica are quite well. Aunt Maryica and Fncle Georgeica have gone to Calgary. I have got a new chum. His name is Samica Jonesica.
Your affectionate brother.
Tommica.”
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Mother: “I gave you a quarter yesterday to be a good bov, and now you are as bad as you can be!”
James: "Yes, I’m trying to show vou that vou got vour monev’s worth
vesterdav!”
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Mr. Pegrum: "How was Alexander I. of Russia killed?”
Hauser Elton (vaguely) : "By a bomb.”
Mr. Pegrum: "Be a little more explicit, please.”
Hauser (in desperation): “Well-er—you sec-er-it exploded!"
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Mr. Pegrum had been reproving Catherine Knight for her poor English. At last she ventured to reply: "How can you expect me to speak good English when you know I'm Scotch!" o <> <> o o
Mr. I’cgrum: "Who was Aristides?”
Doris: "An Egyptian battleship!"
o o o o o
GRADE IXb.
Not being situated in the High School building, Grade IXit seems to be a class of which very little is beard. Nevertheless, we are all there with a ven­geance! As a whole our class of thirty-six students may he considered somewhat dull, and vet consider our vouth! Several of our bovs have not vet reached their "teens." and that is, indeed, a remarkable fact. Our boisterous spirits frequently overcome our natural desire for industry and quietness, and as a result of this our room often becomes slightly noisy between periods. However, we have our sentinel by the window to give warning of the next teacher’s approach. Although we may not appear to be industrious, wo are waiting for the final exams to prove that we have not wasted our first year in the L. II. S.
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GRADE IXI). CLASSROOM PARER
Ax Ode to the Litti.k Bovs Two good friends had Allan Gibson,
Singled out from all the others.
Bound to him in close friendship,
When to them he lends his homework Of his French and Composition;
Teddy Jarvis, smallest student,
And the clever minded Herbert,
Straight between them runs a contract To help with one another’s homework.
Other students, trouble makers,
Never find them glad to listen So bent are they on doing lessons;
Some they say are called French pronouns. Some the dreaded propositions Which they know without rehearsal.
And the students often pleading,
“Teach us memory work, Oh Herbert."
And on bended knees to Teddy,
“'reach us French, the verbs and pronouns.” And for Geometry to Allan,
Who they say is good at homework.
And these three broad minded students Exert all knowledge in their classroom, Which is known to all the public As the only lively Grade Nine In the dear old Lethbridge High School.Page Forig-Si.r n n : s p o t u a m
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Miss Terrill (t<> several in the classroom who were chewing gum): "All those who have gum put it in the basket.*'
Sandy, who was seen chewing, did not go to the basket to rid himself of the gum.
Miss Terrill: “Doesn't that refer to you also, Sandy?"
Sandv: “Yes. but I swallowed it!"
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It Couldn't He Helped
Horace: “My, Willie, your face is clean but how did your hands get so dirty ?"
Willie: “Washing my face."
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN lb'­ll* IXit. were smart.
If William Whittington made a mistake in Geometry.
If Jean didn't chew gum.
If Sandy didn’t sit at the back of the room.
If Miss Terrill forgot to give homework.
If Horace Holes would pay attention.
If Clarence Radley got a proposition right.
If Eric stood last.
If Algy Baines were fat. 9
If Teddy Jarvis and Willie Anderson were not present.
If James Wishart became clever.
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(JRADIO IXa.
Miss McNaughton: “Douglas, how much time do vou spend on your home­work?”
Douglas: “An hour per—"
Miss MeXaughtou: “Per what?"
Douglas: “Perhaps." o o o o o
Mr. Hrodie: “Hilly, what is average?"
Hilly: “IPs something a hen lays on."
Mr. Hrodie: “Explain yourself, sir."
Billy: “Well, 1 can't explain it. sir. but I know our old hen lays an average, of three eggs a week.” „ 0 o o o
Percy: “What makes that red spot on your nose?"
Jim: “Glasses.”
Percy: “Glasses of what?"
GRADE IXc.
IXc. is a happy little class located in the north-east corner of the school. It is composed of thirty pupils, of whom fourteen are girls and sixteen boys. There are five windows on the north side, blackboards on the east and south walls, and on the west wall are hooks on which the pupils hang their coats and hats. Miss Pudifin is the form teacher and rules the class with an iron hand. The busiest days for IXc. come with examinations. Gong hours of preparation clearly show their results in the fatigue of the pupils. Hut the results of these tests show, as will those of the final examinations, that IXc. has as many clever students
* * V as the other grades.
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Miss Pudifin: “Bertha, can you name a city in Alaska?”
Bertha: "No’m.”
Miss Budilin: "That’s right.”
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Karl by: "Why does a fireman wear red suspenders?”
James: "I don't know.”
Karl by: “To keep up his trousers, of course.”
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TIIE I NhlCKV TEN Ten little history students sitting in a line.
One couldn't answer up and then there were nine.
Nine little students got out their history slates.
One left his at home and then there were eight.
Eight little students studied till eleven.
One played truant and then there were seven.
Seven little students looking in an index.
One got the wrong page and then there were six.
Six little students tried to learn to dive.
One didn't come up and then there were five.
Five little students went to swim ashore.
One lost his history and then there were four.
Four little students went out to tea.
One missed his history prep, and then there were three. Three little students thought they Persia knew,
One contradicted and then there were two.
Two little students set out to see the Somme,
One never got there and then there was one.
One little student thought he’d study some,
He got a brain wave and then there were none.
JUNIOR COMMERCIAL
The work of this class during the past year has been fairly satisfactory. Stand­ing at the head of the class after the Christmas examinations we find Boy Harrison first, with an average of 79%, and Chrissie Horn second with an average of 77.6$ .
A certificate for typing has been won by Thomas Gant for twenty-five words a minute.
Junior Commercial was represented in the play “Robin Hood,” put on by the Junior Litcrarv Socictv, liv three of the students.
During the cold weather Commercials shone in hockey. The boys' team and the girls* team were picked from both juniors and seniors. The next athletic activity was basketball, and the last will be our girls' baseball team.
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Miss Conn: “Ronald, I want you t«> use 'deducts* in a sentence.”
Ronald: "I went down to de pond to see do ducks!"
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Neighbor: “So your son got his B.A. and M.A.?”
Fa tiler: “Yes! but his P.A. still supports him!”
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Mr. Pegrum: “Mis^^uick, I want you to tell me who sir Isaac Brock was/* Pansy (absently) : “Oh, he was the man who posed for Brock’s monument.**
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“Your son is learning the piano. Is he musical?”
"No. but its good practice for him, as he will have to learn typewriting!”Skmob Com m hrcial
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What Would Haptkn If Warren got 100% in rapid calculation?
If Pansy forgot to talk?
if we all got our shorthand perfect?
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“Didn’t your daughter pass her examination
“No. Why, the examiners asked her questions about things which happened before she was horn !” o o o o o
Teacher (to pupil): “You have spelled this word with two 'tV: you must omit one."
Pupil: “Yes sir; or------which one?"
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A is for all of us still as mice,
B is for Bernice who is very nice,
(’ is for Cecil not very tall,
I) is for David, not very small.
K is for Klizabeth with her bobbed hair,
F is a letter for everyone fair;
(i is for (Jordon, that silly hoy,
II is for Herbert and homework galore.
I is for Ivy, that climbing plant,
.1 is for Jean whom we know is a vamp.
K is for Kathleen, so small and demure,
L is for Lily, the flower so pure.
M is for Myrtle, not so slow,
K is for nobody that we know.
0 is for Oda, the writer of this,
P is for Pansy, a demure little miss.
Q is for quickness when Mr. Pegrum comes in,
H is for Hoy who is a little thijj,.
S is for Sidney, who docs homework at night,
T is for Tom who knows how. fo*type.
(' is for us, a happy buneH^
Y is for Vera, who eats^Mrig lunch.
W is for Warren, who his shorthand should tend.
Y is for vou with whom we shall end.
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SENIOR COMMERCIAL
Last October an important change occurred in the Lethbridge High School. The Commercial department moved over to the building formerly occupied by the Kindergarten. This building has two rooms upstairs, one of which is used for the juniors, and the other for the senior and special classes. Downstairs is a spacious typing room, with thirty-six machines, which accommodates a class at a time, with plenty of room for each student. The other room downstairs is used as a girls* cloakroom.
We might say that the Commercials have greatly henefitted by this change, and they are getting along nicely in their new quarters.
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Harold M.—“Mv Ford is always bothering me. The wheels fall off, the gas tank leaks, and the engine drops out. What remedy would you suggest?”
Mr. Wade- “After careful consideration I would suggest that you buy a car.’’Page Fifhj-Tivo TUI: SPOT LI (HIT
ODE TO DUTY
Shade of Isaac Pitman, can you rest
While I in torments groan?
Mv struggles with your shorthand would
Draw pity from a stone!
Strokes, hooks and curves, they Jill my brain,
And dancing in a maze
Are circles turning forward
And “kays” and "gays'' and "jays.”
In lesson ten the word signs
Alone might hurst a brain!
Such maddening signs, and so alike
They make me quite profane.
Hut—nightmare! worse than all the rest
Is when I hear it said:
"Take down this test." At this request
My heart grows sick with dread.
The words stream on; with horrid stare
J sit and gnaw my pen,
My brain seems fixed, my thoughts are mixed,
I write down one in ten.
My book, in spite of earnest thought
Is scored with flaming red!
I blush with shame, and Kiss Conn sighs
And sadlv shakes her head.
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She helps me out, she helps me on,
She*s patient without fail;
To her its due if I pull through.
And live to tell the tale! C. F.
0 0 O 0 O
First Student: "I hear your brother is taking lessons on the violin. Is he making progress?"
Second Student: “Yes, indeed! He’s got so far now we can tell whether he's tuning or playing!"’
O O O O O
XKKDBD : MoKK I X l-’Olt.M \T10X Lawyer: "What is your occupation ?”
Witness: "I am a piano finisher.”
Lawyer: “Be a little more definite; do you polish them or move them?”
oooo o What Hai.kksh Did
Mike and Michael were engaged in' an animated conversation about history in general, and eventually about Sir Walter Raleigh in particular.
"IL' was a wonderful man,” said Mike, “but I don’t remember what he did to become famous.”
"I know,” replied Michael, proudly; “he invented smoke!”
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Teacher: “Transparent objects are those we can see through. Give me an example.”
Pupil: "A ladder!”
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First Student: “What do you work at after school?”
Second Student: “Oh. at intervals.”m i : s p o t u a i i T Payr Fifty-Three
FROM *LE PAPIER DE Xa.”
Last September a joyous group of would-be students gathered together to form the now-famous tirade X \. The majority of tiiis roomful of forty pupils was formerly the late IXa. grade, although rather diminished in number by the departmental exams.
X'ot only are we a joyous class, but also distinguished in educational, literary and athletic lines. We lead the other two Grade Tens in “scliolarism.” Then we have iti our possession, for one year, the L. II. S. junior athletic championship banner. Then, on the literary side of the school activities, we had a member of our class on the debating team, which made a notable attempt to have the Ruther­ford debating cup lengthen its stay in tin* L. 11. S.
The doings of this lively class, under the supervision of Mr. Sweet, cannot be wholly dealt with here, but if you will but turn to our picture in this magazine you will observe a very energetic "tribe,” some of whom are later to become the leading men and women of the coining generation.
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The Seven* Woxdriis of Xa.
I. Dot Terrill’s voice.
II. Harvey Good's occupation of winking.
III. Hugh Law ford's enormous height.
1 V. "Bud” MeKiHop’s eloquence of speec h.
V. Marvin Smith's Physics.
VI. Teresa Bader’s unlimited knowledge.
YIT. John Muir's argumentative powers.
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Ode to Harvey Good Girls to the rear o’ me,
Girls to the side o' me,
Girls all around me
Gabble and chatter.
Vainly 'midst all that din Strove 1 hard not to sin.
And keep all my laughter in At their fool chatter.
Aye, girls on every side,
Tall girls, short, slim, and wide,
Moved round in ceaseless tide Mangled together.
Oh ! such a noisiness;
They talked o’er each other's dress.
On all things great or less,
E’en on the weather.
ooooo What Would Happen If Xa. were quiet?
If Ilarvcv Good made a mistake in Latin?
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If Miss McXaughton forgot to give homework?
If Marvin Smith answered a question in Physics correctly?
If Jean Galbraith didn’t have a question?
If "Bud” McKillop were thin ami Alex McKinnon fat?
If Yirnie Harris were the size of Helen Hocking?Page Fifty-Four THE SPOTUf i / IT
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Tub Book Worm’s Error
.Mr. Sweet: "Corinne, can you tell me who built Rome?”
Corinne Fox (the book-shark of tin* room): "Yes sir, Romeo and .Juliet.”
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Our Comui.ete Debt
Mr. Watson: "We borrowed our numerals from the Arabs, our calendar from the Romans, and our banking from the Italians. Can anyone think of any other examples?"
(*\ven Nicholson: "Our lawn mower from the Smiths, our snow shovel from the Jones’s, and our baby buggy from the Browns.”
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Louie
"Well, Addie!” said Marvin Smith the other day, "you are getting very bent. Why don't you stand up straight like me?"
"Eh!” said Adam Donaldson, "do you see that field of corn over there??
“I do,” answered Marvin. "What of it?”
"Oh well.” was the reply, "you’ll notice that the full heads hang down and the empty ones stand up.” o o o o o
Waiter !
Miss McXaughton, entering Xa. late and in a hurry: "Order, please.” Doris Dunham, sleepily: "llam sandwich, please!”
GRADE Xh.
Grade Xb. is, and has been, what one might term a "movin’ class.” When we entered the High School to begin the second year’s grind we were separated and placed, half in the little white schoolhouse and half in the room now occupied by IX.v. After a short time, however, we were happily reunited in the IXa. room. Our sojourn here was destined to he short, for we commenced a journey which led us through every room in the school, but finally we were escorted to our present site. Here we move very little until the teacher leaves the room, and then our buoyant spirits naturally prove to be present. However, we are proud of the reputation of being one of the liveliest classes in the "Hi," and, at the same time, a class of diligence, industry and cleverness.
o o o o o Xb. "EAR-SPLITTER"
Favorite Sonus Suitable koi: Xu.
1. "1 Ain’t Xobodv’s Darling."—Clancv Davidson.
2. "Dumbells.”—The row bv the west window.
3. "10very Night I Cry Myself to Sleep Over You." Examination Marks.
4. "What’ll I Do?”—(Jwen. Bowman.
5. "Sleep.”—John Jamieson. IT. J.
o o o o o Wouldn't It Be Funny to See:
Rijg. Myers rejoicing over lot)'* in a literature exam?
John Jamieson looking down two feet to the top of Clancy’s head?
Everett Cameron in a deep, booming voice, telling Chip Woods to do his homework for him?
Blanche Blackbourne tipping the scales at a hundred and ninety pounds? Jack Weller in short pants and his hair parted in the middle?
Theodora Ostlund in a shrill piping voice, stumbling over the big words in “Tale of Two Cities”?
Gwen. Bowman with long, golden curls?” S. B.Page Fifii/->i.r m i : SPOTLIGHT
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Mother: "Howard, what in the world arc you pinching the baby for?” Howard: "Oh, we’re just playing motor ear and he’s tlu* horn!'’
ooooo Jack: “Where do you get your jokes. Sam?"
Sam: “Oh. just out of air."
Jack: “Well, I suggest that you get some fresh air!"
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Mr. Brodie: “Reed, name twelve animals of the Polar regions.”
Reed: “Six seals and six Polar hears!"
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Miss Me Vaught on: "Wo have no literature homework except those nine
questions, half a dozen extracts and three pages of memory work."
Mr. Wilson: "Now. all together, one at a time, answer my question."
Mr. Lonsberry: "How many are interested in baseball?”
Mr. Sweet: "I’d just like to ask a few questions, now.”
Miss Terrill: "Pm only having you do six compositions this week, as I don’t
want any of them more than ten pages."
Mr. Watson: "I'm sorrv to disturb vour class, Mr. Wilson, but I’d like to
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speak to the pupils a few minutes,” etc. etc. S. B.
FROM THE “Xc TIMES”
Tex c.
Boys and girls in dear Ten C Are as quiet as can be,
Except when" hey make a noise,
Which refers but to the boys.
They arc’Ntudions and bright,
And their answers always right.
And their Literature thev cover.
* Else they <lo it ten times over.
Thev have History everv dav.
And hear Mr. Pegrum say:
"Marjorie and Calvin, stop you must,
This thing is getting serious."
Nellie makes the highest marks,
Tommy's always up i<> larks,
Marjorie flirts with the boys.
But John's the one who makes the noise. I-eonard Roy's the great historian.
Physics is what John Woloschuk glories in. Alwin Alexander does nothing I guess; John Klovinski docs much less.
Poor Clarence Larson I almost forgot,
Can we forget him? I should think not ! For Mike and Clarence being a pair,
Must in this song each take a share.
.Vow if your name is not in this song.
Don’t get alarmed and think it is wrong;
11 just won’t fit itself into the rhyme.
And it must be left until the next time.Pa<jc Fifty-Ki(/lit riir: s p o t u a i n
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Miss Pudifin: “Now, John, 1 want you to go up to the board and use 'across' and ’around* in one sentence, and this is the order in which you are to put it down: First, words to be used—‘across* and ‘around.* Second: Sentence, then write vour sentence. Third: I Season, etc.”
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John Woloschuk went to the heard and wrote: Kirst: words to he used— ‘across* and ‘around/ Second: Sentence—"The chicken went across the road because it couldn’t eo around/* Third : Reason—The road was too Iona.
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Mr. Pegruin: “Of what other diaries do the actions of diaries II. remind • * *
you :
Nellie Hunter: “Charles Chaplin.*’
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One morning I .comm! Hov walked into the classroom wearing neither collar or cuffs. Tommy Pratt asked him why he did such a silly thing.
“Well/* answered Leonard, "I'm on a diet and the doctor said to do away
with all starchy things.” o o o o o
Miss MeNaughton: “When did Shakespeare's Tragedies first begin?*'
Clarence Larsen: "I don't know the exact date, but it was after he got
married.” o o o o o
Mr. Wilson: “What is electrical energy?”
Cordon Keel: “The motion created by the person who received the shock.”
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Bessie: “Say, Minnie, why don’t you have your hair bobbed?”
Minnie: “Well, I can’t decide on the style. I don’t know whether to have it look like a whisk-brcom or a feather-duster.”
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Ten C Bovs: “We wish we had Miss MeNaughton for a cook.”
Ten C Girls: “Why?”
Ten C Boys: “Because she gave us a nice roast last French period."
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Down stairs in the kitchen lime's mother was struggling with the supper fire. “Lome, darling.” she said, “fetch me a stick of wood.”
“Oh, mother.” replied Lome, “your education has been sadly neglected; you should say, ‘Lome, my son, transport from that recumbent collection of combustible material on the threshold of this edifice one of those curtailed excrescences of defunct log.’ ”
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Final exams are much like feasting: The feast is a time of supping, and
final exams art* often followed by “sups.”
The striking analogy between “students” and “experiments in chemistry" is
that thev do not work most of the time.
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Student : “Give me ten cents worth of paper, please.” Clerk: “Here it. is.”
Student: “How much is it?"
Clerk: “Twenty cents, please.”(>radi: XI.v
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GRADE XIa. NOTES
The Eleven A. class of tin- present school year lias failed t<> uphold the tra­dition of former classes of tlu* same numeral and letter. We are commonly known to he “weak in arithmetic." However, in non-eurricular spheres our members have shone more brilliantly. The ‘“Merchant of Venice” cast included a number of pupils from our room. The leading roles were taken by Anna Sandquist and St. Clair Rivers. Other members of the class prominent in the production of this play were Donald Buchanan, Robt. Crawford, Gordon Wilson, John Watson, Ralph .McKenzie. Stuart Wright and Kenneth Jamieson.
In the debate with Medicine Hat in November (Jordon Wilson and St. Clair Rivers took part with great credit t<> themselves and t<> XIa.
In athletics we must mention the achievement of Mary Hamilton in winning the Girls’ Intermediate Championship in the sports on Field Day. Mary and Kvellyn Williams were memU-rs of the girls' basketball team which won the Provincial Championship, after a series of games with Raymond and Medicine Hat schools.
In the boys' sports George Spirou took a prominent part, being a star forward on the city league basketball team.
(Jordon Wilson was president of the Literary Society in the second term, and in an inter-class debate at one of the meetings Helen James and Douglas Robison were successful in winning the judge’s favorable decision.
All th XIa. boys took part in the hockey games in the inter-class league.*
At present the members of the class are studying away, preparing for the departmental examinations. We hope that next year we may all be members of Grade XI1.
0 0 0 0 0 TWENTY YEARS HENCE
1 tottered slowly along the street for since my attack of rheumatism I had never been able to walk steadily. Yes, Lethbridge had changed since 1925. Oil derricks towered above the homes everywhere. Oh, you didn’t hear about the oil I loom at Lethbridge? Well, it was this way. Doug. Robison was digging potatoes in his back yard, when suddenly, lo and behold, he struck oil. That started it. The whole city has gone oil crazy. Doug, became tremendously rich and was raised from the position of gardener to editor of the magazine, "Helpful Hints to Students.” Of course that is just a side line for he is up to his neck in oil.
••Reg pardon, sir! I didn’t mean to bump into you, sir! Honest Mr. Policeman, I didn't. My stars! Let me pump your handle, Clair;—so you’re a policeman now. Well, well, Clair, not changed at all—same lovely rosy com­plexion—but that white moustache! It dues make you look dignified though (you never used t<>. you know); Come down to your place tonight? I'd just love to. Thanks awfully, I'll he there at 8 p.m. sharp. Well, he’s gone now. poor thing; he used to be such a nice looking chap—how age does change a person— of course 1 tried to flatter him."
(Lapse of time).
"So this is where Clair lives, eh? Not a had looking place. How d'do Mrs. Rivers. Oh, you’re having a real party tonight. I'm so glad: I may meet some of mv old friends. By the way. Mrs. Rivers, where's Allan Mackey? What? he and Ralph McKenzie are hunting lions in Africa."Page $i.rl!/-'/'tvo THE SPOTLIGHT
"There's tin; door bell. I wonder who it is? Who is that fat ladv? Her
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face is familiar, its—its Lois Sylvester. Such pretty children as those two are. Fine looking children you have Lois—oh, I beg your pardon. I didn't know they weren't yours. So you're matron of an orphanage, and these are two of the orphans? I’m so sorry I made such a slip. Who is that comely looking lady coming up the steps? Cat’s pyjamas! Surely not Leola! She is changed. A fair divorcee? I'm shocked! But who is this coming now? Surely not Johnny Watson! Johnny's mavor of the city—why, do von remember hack in 1925 in an algebra test he got—sh !—he’s too close. I'll tell you later.
“Yes, Clair, I’d love to meet a real stage dancer. Caroline Star -oh, that’s just a stage name. You don’t mean it Clair, honest Clair, not Stella from 1925, back in school. That reminds me, 1 haven’t seen George Spirou. Where and what is he now? A movie star! The villain or hero? The hero part—well, well!
"What's that man doing over there. One. two. three, four, ski]) two, knit three, plain, two purl, one, two, three, four, slip stitch over, two purl, one, two. three, lour, plain, knit--oh, saints defend us -Bob Crawford! 'Faking up knitting as a life work. That’s right, back in 1925 he got full in an arithmetic test and since then In- has taken up knitting, where In* can apply his mathematics. It’s t<>" much -dinner is served.”
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"HOW TO TIK A BOW T1K OX A TlWKDo COLLAR”
Ily George Spirou
Hold the tie in your left hand and the collar in your right. Slip your reck into the collar and run the left hand end of the tie over the right with the left hand. Then drop both ends, catching the left end with the right hand, the right end with the left hand. Reverse hands and pick up the loose erd with the nearest hand. Pull this end through the loop with the unengaged hai <1 and squeeze. This ties the bow. As a finishing touch disentangle the hands.
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The Minister: “Would you care t<> join us in our new missionary move­ment
?”
Evellvn: "Yes, I'd love to. Is it anything like a fox-tro ?”
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She: “Can you drive with one hand?”
Allan: “You bet I can!”
She: "Then pick up my glove.”
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Mr. Sweet: "In what battle did (Jen. Wo'fe say, ‘1 die happy ?”
Mary: "I think it was in his last battle.”
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Mr. Wilson, impatiently, during Chemistry class: “Miss Martin, is oxygen combustible or not ?''
Marjorie, with an air of vast knowledge: “Well, it combusts.”
Mr. Wilson, by this time exasperated: "You know, Miss Martin. I wish I had a nice lillle chair up here for you.”
Marjorie, coming back from dreamland: "Were you speaking to me?”
Mr. Wilson: "Xo, Miss Martin, 1 wouldn’t dare to.”THE SPOT LI (HIT Page Sixty-Three
FROM THE -XII). VOX”
Judging by the absence of shields and banners in our classroom, one might
be inclined to sav that tirade XIn is not a very talented or ambitious class. How- % •
ever, appearances are very deceiving in this ease for. although we have received none of these tokens as yet, we have contributed a member to tin* Senior Girls' basketball team which has won the provincial championship, and also, two of our boys belong to the Senior Bovs' basketball team.
But athletics are not the onlv source of fame, for consider our contribution to
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“The Merchant of Venice." Half the caste, including some of the leading char­acters. was chosen from our room.
Our members will soon have the opportunity to gain distinction upon the occasion of the June examinations. The reporter wishes her classmates all success.
Extracts from Exam. Papers:
(1) Lord Macaulay suffered from gout, and wrote all his poems in iambic
feet.
(2) Many ships use Calcutta as a coaling station—hence the term "Black Hole of Calcutta.'
(3) 'I’be cold at the North i'ole is so great that the towns there are not inhabited.
(1) Magna Charta said that the king was not to order taxis without the consent of parliament.
(5) The Pope called Henry VIII. "Lido the Offensive.”
(G) Simon de Montfort was a true Englishman because he fought against the king and put him in prison.
(?) The Duke of Marlborough was a great general, who always commenced a battle with the fixed determination to win or lose.
(S) William ordered his archers to shoot at the thickest pari of the English, so they shot upwards so that the arrows might fall on the Englishmen’s heads.
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The following experiment was conducted in XIn one day between periods: Object—To determine whether or not Mr. Harold I’ubbra is ticklish. Apparatus—A desk. Harold and Gordon.
Method- Gordon drapes Harold artistically and gracefully over desk, placing him on bis back. 'I'b.- former then vigorously applies fingers to latter’s ribs, meanwhile holding down unwilling, struggling, essential part of apparatus.
Obserration— Victim protests, giggles, laughs, howls, waves legs frantically about in atmosphere while face turns a purplish scarlet.
Conclusion--Mr. Kubbra is ticklish//
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Teacher Joe: "At "Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?” the
bottom!" o oooo
Mr. Brodie: "Gordon, what is steel wool!'"
Gordon: "The fleece of a hydraulic ram, sir!"
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"if anything should go wrong with this experiment,” exclaimed Mr. Wilson, in chemistry lab., "we’ll all be blown sky high! Come a little closer and follow me!” o o o o o
Teacher: "What is the meaning of the word •excavate'?"
Cleve: "To hollow out."
Teacher: "Correct. Now use the word in a sentence."
Cleve: "Stick a pin in a bov and he will excavate."Gkadk XIb.
Page Sixty-Four THE SHOT LIGHTTHE SPOTLIGHT Page Sixty-Five
Mr. Ijonsberrv: "Glanville, what is a circle?”
George: “A circle is a round line with no kinks in it, joined up so as not to show where it began!” ooooo
Mr. Wilson: “What is the difference between heat and cold?”
Donald: “Heat makes things expand and cold makes them contract."
Mr. Wilson: "Can yon give an example?”
Donald: “In summer when it is hot the days are long. In winter they contract because it is cold!” o o o o o
Claude: "Dorothy, which would you rather have, apple pie and cheese, macaroni and cheese, or cheese alone?"
Dorothy: “Cheese alone, of course!”
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Teacher: “And what happened next, Bernice, after the great glacier had passed over the continent?”
Bernice: "I don’t remember!”
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Thu Tkx Com m ax dm i:\ts of Chemistry
1 Remember that thou forgettest not the definition of chemistry.
2 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's deflagrating spoon nor his matches nor his test tubes, for if thou dost, thy worthy teacher will jump upon thy sinful neck.
2 Thou shall refrain from weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, when thou hearest the declaration, "we will now have a quiz!”
•} Thou shalt love thy teacher as thyself.
5 Thou shalt commit to memory the law of definite proportions, likewise sundry other laws, lest at any moment thou mayest arouse the righteous wrath and indignation of thy learned wisdom-giver.
(i Thou shalt not direct thy test tube towards thy neighbor's face.
7 Thou shalt refrain from endeavoring to test the odor of the queer, mys­terious concoctions which thy instructor prepareth.
S Thou shalt not cast thy matches upon the floor.
9 Thou shalt not neglect thy homework.
10 Thou shalt honor thv teacher’s name and obev his every command, lest thy days he short in thy fellow pupils' chemistry lab.
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Lost and Found
LOST—One Saturday at the Arena, my balance. Kinder please return to 0. O’Leary.
FOl’XI)—About fifteen years ago, a large bump of curiosity. Readers arc requested not to apply unless certain of ownership, as Mr. .foe Lakie has grown quite accustomed to the use of this object.
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Xfusury Rhyme Sing a song of school days That will soon be o'er ;
Soon we'll be regretting Days that are no more;
Soon we'll have to go to work,
And when that lime arrives,
None ( f us must dodge or shirk,
But a< t fair all our lives.
K. M.Payv Si.rlj/Si.r Till: SPOT LI (HIT
:kai>k Nil.T H E SPOT L IGHT Page Sixty-Seven
THE HISTORY OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1925
A FTER four years spent in the pursuit of learning, the graduating class of 1925 is now ready to go out and ‘’conquer the world.” As to our ability to perforin this colossal task, we will allow our record in the future to speak for itself.
Jn the year 1921, upon first entering the High School, we felt extremely timid. The grade was soon organized into two classes, IXa and IXb, on a basis of languages taken, and in the competition which sprang up between the classes, all of our timidity was forgotten. We were duly initiated by the seniors and took our punishment like true sportsmen.
The Junior Literary Society was organized and able executives were elected. We put on no play, but our programs were the envy of the Senior Literary Society. Oral composition societies were organized in both classes, and thus many brilliant orators were developed.
In Grade x the division of classes still prevailed. Grade Xu was a peaceful, and as a rule, a silent grade. Grade X \, however, won undying fame as Miss Kaubach’s “model class," daily engaging in morning prayer.
We also distinguished ourselves in athletics. One of our members, William Hay. won the Senior Championship and broke two records.
The oral composition societies, profiting by previous experience, did excellent work throughout the year. Both classes had room papers of a high standard. Furthermore, Grade X.v became the proud possessors of a motto, "I incit fjui sese vincit” which they succeeded in living up to.
The third year was marked by the presentation of the play, "Mr. IVrriehon's Journey,” which proved very successful, the proceeds being used for the "Spot­light.”
For the first term Elsie Ahrens made an efficient secretary for the Literarv
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Society. Another member of the class, Hilly Ewert, won honor for the grade by being on the provincial debating team, and helped to win the Rutherford Cup. William Hay again won the senior athletic championship.
Our oral composition societies. “The Declamation Club” of Grade XI \ and “The Oral Composition Society” of Grade X I it, were conducted by Miss Mawdslev and Miss Moir. Both classes had papers, which proved very successful and made various contributions to the "Spotlight.”Character Sketches of Qrade XII
Name
Nickname
Noted For
Epoch in Life
Favorite Occupation
Chief Ambition
Elsie Alirens
Toothpick
Edith Judd
“Rube”
Arguing
A suffragette
Edith Ball
“Clitic”
Chatter, chatter
Silent once
Basketball
Physical directress
Edna Bernard
“Ciggies”
Her quiet manner
Failed in an exam— once!
Iiulustrielle indus- trieux
School inarm
Anna Best
Hestic
‘Vincit qtii sese vincit*
Passed her Chemistry exam.
Latin
Latin teacher
Lome Blackbourne
Shortyf
Brains
Boots size (4) ?
Working
Ph.D. at 16
Joseph Carson
Sheik
His pomp
Bill Hay
Getting his homework done
Grow sideburns
Alex. Clarke*
Alexander Moicbry
Left Latin class in mid-term
11is part in the Grade XII play
Doin' nothin’
Lev. Alexander Mowbrv
Clarke, D.I).
Gladys Green
Clad
Her elocution
“Zekc”
' '
Sleeping
Keep on sleeping
Biatricc Hall
lice
Her curls
Singing at the Lit.
Talk and talk and talk
Prima donna
William Ilay
Cutium cutiorum
I. 0. 1). E. essays
“Our play”
Athletics, flirting (?)
Take place of the “Arrow” collar man
Edith Judd
Dcdc
Elsie Ahrens
Offered Mr. Wilson a sucker (Grade XL)
Giggling
Marry a millionaire
Ronald Glasgow
Hatch
His Bddlc-ing
Born in Glasgow
Quizzing Miss M.
None
Bertha Kubicek
Kubic
Her wisdom
Bohhed her hair
Working
School mistress
PageSixly-Eujhf T1IE SPOTLIGHTCharacter Sketches of Qracle XII.
<Continued)
Name
Nickname
Noted Fob
Epoch in Life
F A VOR ITE OCC UPATIO N
Chief Ambition
Marjorie King
Margie
That cute shingle
Fell in a mud puddle
Day dreaming
To break high and broad jump records
Esther Kumlin
lilondic
Her high pitched voice
Reached F above high C
Being good
To be gooder
Helen Fletelier
8 miles
Dainty, timid voice
Shrieked once
"I don't take Historv, Mr. Sweet"
Belle of Purple Springs
Arvid Larson
Larry
Purple shirt, purple tie, purple sox
Hid his composition once
Looking wise
Nil
Helen McKillop
Fairy (.')
Her sneezes
-Met him at Nelson”
Kor—choo!!
Not decided
Hugh Mahon
Hug hie
His ability
"Roast pig”
Jessie Newton
Anything’ll do
Joe Morris
Joey
Chew! Chaw!
His longers
Chaw! chew!
lb- adopted by Mr. W rig ley
Jessie Newton
Dot
Mathematics
Lived in Retlaw
Ilughie
To be a math, teacher
HuEldn Peterson
Fete
That school girl complexion
“High School Debate”
Ain’t love grand?
Actress
Cleo Pederson
Cleopatra Savannah
Nothing
Bud (s)
Nothing
“Mrs.”
Allan Ridpath
Cheese
St-st-s-stutter
Won a class debate
Sitting with Butch
Get out of High School
Christina Smeaton
Chrissic
Being clever
“Lethbridge Provincial Jail”
Auburn ( ?) hair
Carry off the scholarship
Gordon Wilson
(i or die
“Friends, Romans, Countrymen!”
High “debate”
Speechifying
Orator
Marie Rooney
“Carrots”
Her friendship with our Chem. teacher!?
Made 20% in Chem­istry
Getting late passes
Absolutely nothing!
*uM-rms jjionxo<rs mixPage Seventy THE SPOT LIGHT
At length we come to the final year and find both classes united in one room. The attendance at the High School being so large, it became necessary to create a new room for the senior class, tirade XII now occupies the former commercial typewriting room.
Although new students have joined us. our number is still small. Despite this, we have made ourselves noticed during the year. Alex. Clarke made a trust­worthy treasurer for the Senior Literary Society. The editor for the “Spotlight." Lome Blaekbournc, was chosen from our room.
The “Zenith" Oral Composition Society of tirade XII lived up to its name very successfully, and "The Zenith,” our class paper, maintained an extremely high standard. Notwithstanding the fact that tirade XII presented no play, the first literary program was put on bv us, and proved very entertaining.
In athletics Grade XII still retains the Wright Shield, and William ITay the senior championshp.
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Now that our High School days are over, we feel not a little regret. Some of us will continue our schooling in universities and colleges; others will go to Normal School to train to be teachers. For others again, this year means the last before beginning to take part in life's battle. Although we must leave the High School, in memory it will always remain with us, and we will think of the four years spent in it as the best and happiest in our lives.
THE DIM AND DISTANT FUTURE
IIF LKTHBBIDGK II MBA LI) was later than usual, but perhaps to make up for the paper hoy's tardiness it was extraordinarily bulky. As I leaned comfortably back in my chair and glanced at the front page of the paper, a glaring headline caught my eye:
I’kbmn:it Wilson Plans to Pay Off National Debt
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“The Bight Honorable Gordon Wilson, premier of Canada, announced calmly to the house last evening that lie had made plans by which it would be possible to pay off Canada’s national debt, and also to lend money to Germany to help her pay off her war indemnities."
Gordon always was a good talker. I remember in the inter-Hi debates— but what’s this------?
Gentleman Joe Still Leads
Gentleman Joe, otherwise Joseph Percival Carson, well-known baseball player, still maintains his title of “Home Bun King." So far his record threatens to out­distance that of Babe Ruth, former star.
Upon gazing further down the page,—
Box Ton Beauty Parlous Phone 178!) for Appointments, or write
Miss C. M. Bernard, Suite 1(5 Victoria Mansions.
My eye was next caught by a headline announcing,—
"Deal at Hay's for Satisfaction We carry a Full Line of First Class Groceries”
I gasped, and came up for air. Hoping to ease my mind with more religious topics. I turned to the “Church Notices.” This was the first one I read,—THE SPOT LIEUT Page, Seventy-One
•‘Kxox Chi iu h
Morning Services ...........................................II a.m.
Subject............“Why H’<; Should Attend Church"
Ciiven l»v........................Rev. Allan Hidpath, D.D."
J decided that perhaps religion wasn't the best stimulant after all, so I turned to another page. Probably social events might raise my spirits. Accordingly, I decided on "Miladi"—
“Miss Christina Sineaton has returned to Kipp to resume her teach­ing duties there."
This was followed by,—
"Miss Kdith Rail returned yesterday to Calgary, where she is Matron of the Children's Sunshine Ward at the (Jeneral Hospital."
A little further down,—
"Miss Beatrice Hall, famous operatic star, formerly a resident of Ix^bbridge, arrived in the city today to spend a few days."
"Mr. II. Vernon Mahon, well-known debater and lecturer, has recovered from a serious contraction of 'speaker's throat'."
Turning now to the pictorial section, my eye lit upon the picture of an exceedingly charming young lady. I'nderncath the picture ran the legend,—
"Miss Annette Pest. ivell-knoan screen slur"
The next picture showed another young lady caught in the act of doing a very graceful hand-spring. It was entitled.—
"Miss Mary if Liny. Follies girl, does her daily dozen"
A picture of a dear little lady attired in a college cap and gown and carrying a roll of manuscript in her hand, next caught my eye,—
"Professor .Jessie Newton, who recently obtained a Ph.l). in Psy­chology. taking as her subject, ‘Why Does a Tin Whistle ."
Oh, I thought with relief, here is a picture from which I can surely receive
no shock. The picture in question was one of a severe elderly lady whose silvery
locks were drawn straight hack from her forehead. She was seated sedately in a high back chair, her bands primly folded in her lap. Around her were grouped
about thirtv children of various sizes and sexes. Somehow the face of the severe,
elderly lady seemed familiar to me—where had I seen her before? This question was answered underneath the picture—"Miss Marie Julia Rooney, matron of the Alberta Orphan Asylum, and some of her charges."
I turned over the sheets of the paper hastily, finally deciding on the sporting page. Mere the picture of a gigantic, massive battler took my eye. It was labelled:
"Canadian II ear yw eight Chum/non"
My. what a huge, thick-set person. I thought; I wonder who he can be. (dancing at the sentence beneath the picture I read,-
"Kid (lx>rne) Blackbourne won the heavyweight championship last evening when he defeated 'Rusty' Clarke in the third round."
I was beginning to feel faint. To regain my composure, I regarded the picture of a beautiful girl attired in a bathing suit. She was posing as if about to dive, while she smiled to the camera over her shoulder. It was Helen Me- K i I lop. She had just won a swimming championship !
Again I turned the pages of the paper, this time stopping at the advertising section. The first thing I saw was,—
"It. KTijickk II. Fi.ktchkk ('h iro praetors
Bones Fixed While Volt Wait."Page. N evenly-Tiro THE SPOTLIGHT
Ami right underneath, this,—
“Men's Haberdashery
Conte and hare your purple sorbs mat cited with our new ties Proprietor - - A. Larson”
I glanced farther down and saw,—
“J. Morris - - Confectionery Stork All binds of Trait and Candy Try Joe's Gum—The Flavor Lasts’’
As a final resort, I turned to the theatrical page. A large headline instantly
attracted my attention,—
“Added Attractions to Ori’hbum Bill Esther Ivumlin, famous soprano vocalist, and Miss Gladys Green, eccentric dancer; also Miss C. Peterson, famous Chautauqua reader and elocutionist.”
This is what I read next,—
“At Last It Has Come ! !
The Cternal Polygon
The famous hook written by Edith Marion Judd Nancy, the leading role, is to be played bv plump, winsome,
Elsie Willamine Ahrens Added Attraction
Ronald Glasgow, the children’s favorite, in a screamingly funny comedv
“Teacher’s Pet”
For one awful moment 1 stared, dazedly at this last inscription. Then the letters began to dance before my eyes. The paper slipped from my lifeless hand. The room whirled round me. Gradually everything became black as I slowly slipped into oblivion. C. SMEATON.
FROM THE "XII ZENITH”
We compare Grade XJJ to a ship sailing on a deviating course over the Sea of Knowledge. Our teachers (blessed guardian spirits!) fly before us, pointing lo the dim, blue, distance, ever crying “Excelsior!” Our captain, Ix>rne Black- bourne, leads us unerringly past the reefs of geometry, algebra and trigonometry, which lie off the coast of the foreign land called Higher Mathematics. He is aided by that efficient first mate, Alexander Clarke. Christina Smeaton, with her wide knowledge of the chart, advises the captain of certain shoals to be found near the island called History. When tin? dense fogs of chemistry surround us. obstructing our vision and endangering our frail bark, our resounding fog horn, Ronald Glasgow, raises his warning note, often prolonging it to the discomfiture of our guardian spirits, especially Miss Mawdsley. The rest of us aid our ship toward the goal by exerting our utmost strength at the oars, which when in need of repair, are mended by the ready assistance of .Joe Morris and his gum.
Fellow students of Grade XII. our heart’s desire and prayer to Neptune is that we may soon reach the dim shore of culture, and may be accounted worthy to associate with the highest. C. S.
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The history class seemed deep in slumber. Mr. Sweet surprised them by saying: “Miss Judd, who was Louis XVI?”
Miss Judd thought awhile, then answered very smartly: “Oh, he was the one who was gelatined, wasn’t he?”THE SPOTLIGHT Page Seventy-Three
Answers to Exams
A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle, or as Allan would say, a circle is a straight line of no depth running around a dot forever.
Herrings go about the sea in shawls.
in India a man out of one cask cannot marry a woman out of another cask. Horse power is the distance one horse can carry a pound of water in an hour.
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Mr. Brodie in zoology exam: “What belongs to the class ‘Mammalia’?” Bright young thing answers: “Animals that have mammas.”
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A lady once asked Allan Rid path: “Allan dear, do you like to go to school?” “Yes mam,” answered he, “and I like to come home too, but I don’t like staying there between times.”
ooooo if you have your homework done,
Pass it on.
Let it travel down the aisle,
Let it go in any style,
Pass it on.
’Twas not meant for you alone,
But for all to have it done;
Pass it on. ooooo Play and the crowd plays with you,
Study and you study alone;
Dance and the crowd dances with you,
But sing, and they all run home, ooooo Our Yell
Themistocles, I )emosthencs,
The Peloponnesian War!
X2, Y2, 112, SOI.
The Latin Book, the French Book,
The Ancient Historv,
L.H.S.! L.H.S.! On to victory, ooooo Sis.: “Say, brother, get my watch upstairs.”
Bro.: “Aw, wait; it’ll run down.”
Sis.: “Ours is a winding stair case.”
ooooo The telephone rings. “Hello.”
“Hello, is Roo there?”
“Boo who?”
“Don’t cry, little girl; I guess I have the wrong number.”
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Teacher: “Now, Joe Morris, will you give me another word ending in ‘ous,’ such as hazardous—full of hazard-—or dangerous, full of danger?”
Joe thought for a moment and then joyfully exclaimed: “Pious—full of pie!”
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Ronald—“I want a book for a high school boy.”
“How about Fielding?”
Ronald—“1 dunno. Cot anything on base running?”Pay ‘ > eren I y-Ton r T/li: SPOTLIGHT
ALUMNI
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TT 111C EDITOR of the Spotlight is fortunate in having had the assistance of
Miss J. Conn. Miss K. 'I'errill, Miss Hilda Morris. Miss J. Pipes. Mr. Michael S. Bennett, Mr. Carl Sandquist and other graduates of the school in gathering together items concerning present activities of some of the graduates of recent years. A full list of graduates is of course beyond the limits of our space. We honor the memory of those ex-students of former years whose names appear on the honor roll which hangs in the hall of our school building. The following items will call to mind the school days of graduates, from one or two of the classes of 1913 and 1 !> 1 -1 to more comprehensive lists of those attending school in the last year or two.
CLASS OK 1913
Former students of the Lethbridge High School will be interested in the career of James A. Maxwell, who graduated m 1913, and is now one of the Pro­fessors of Keonomies at Clark Cniversity, Worcester, Mass., C.S.A.
After leaving high school his experiences were as follows:
October 4, 19 lo—Enlisted in the 85th Battalion.
October 13, 19 Hi- Went overseas.
February 10. 1017—Went to France.
May 7, 1018—Slightly wounded.
Received D.C.M. at Amiens.
August 22, 1018—Sent over to England. Here he took a course at Bexhill and received his commission.
duly, 1019—Returned home.
After his return he attended Dalhousie College for the terms of 1010-20 and 1020-21. In May 1021 he received his B.A. degree with distinction.
During the terms 1021-22 and 1022-23, and the fall of 1023. he attended Harvard University where he received his M.A. degree and other honors, and also passed his examinations for a Ph.I). degree in Economics. He worked on his Thesis during the first eight months of 1021 and in September secured the position which he now holds.
CLASSES OK 1914-1917
"IFhere is now /he merry yarly We remember long ago?"
From the classes of 1014-1017 a number are in our immediate vicinity, fol­lowing more or less peacefully the common round and daily task. These include Cahhik Cook Married and living in the Hat.
Kate Biiodii:- Ditto but living on a farm near Lethbridge.
Jennie King—Teaching in Coaldale.
Khancks Dunswohtii—Teaching in Edmonton.
( atmi-:hink McPiiice—Now Mrs. Emil Sick.
Jessie Robison Whose husband, (leorge Watson, i.- principal of the Coal- hurst school,
Dor Livingstone—Married and living happily as Mrs. Paul Jones.
Davina Sang—A successful primary teacher,
Those who have won distinction farther afield are:7 7 / / ; SPOTLIGHT Page Sevenhj-Five
Arthur Morgan—Who, after the war, entered Alberta University, where In- won a scholarship in French which gave him a year of study in France. lie is now teaching at Cowley.
Hoxik A km strong Who graduates this spring from Berkeley.
Clarence htrcB- Graduate of the I'niversitv of Michigan and pursuing his vocation of electrical engineer.
JIICN'HY .Johnson- Last heard of Living in Los Angeles, after graduating in chemical engineering from Ann Arbor.
Arthur Scroggib—Graduated from I'niversitv of Alberta—now taking a post-graduate course there.
Aij.ekn Dunham and Wai.kkr Dunham—Who have both won honors in Lethbridge “High," Alberta "\ " and Fnglish colleges.
GLASS OF 1918
The members of the class of 1918 of the Lethbridge High School are making good progress on the road to fame. The following are but a few of the members of the class who arc contributing to this good record:
JTKitisEit'r McUlenaghax—Graduated from M.eGill University in 1923, and is now carrying on a very successful dental practice in Flint. Michigan.
IIazkl Keith—Graduated from Brandon College in 1923, and is now teaching school in this city.
Dokothy Stafford—Graduated from Alberta I'niversitv in 1923 and is now successfully holding a position with one of the leading law firms of the city.
Norman Higixbotham Is studying for an M.D. degree in McGill and is now in his seventh year and doing well.
Francis Virtue—Graduated from St. Luke's Hospital, New York, in 1921. Is now Mrs. Norris Stolt/.e and has a young son—Frank Virtue Stolt/.e.
Hamilton Brodik Attended the L. of Alberta two years and then com­pleted his course in medicine at McGill in 1923. After which he took some post­graduate work in New York and Washington. He is now practicing in the hospital at Ponoka.
Max Moscovnrii—Attended McGill, studied law, and is now a member of the bar in Lethbridge.
Mabel Hyssop—Who will be remembered for her athletic prowess, is holding a position in one of the leading drug stores of the city.
CLASSES OP' 1919-20-21
Violet Bennett—After teaching two years, married and is now living in Portland, Ore.
Elsie Fowi.er—Taught in Lethbridge for two years. Now teaching in Trenton, Out.
Alice Fairfield—Graduated from L. of A. in Household Economics in 1924. Is now Mrs. Strickland, of Edmonton, and has one daughter.
Roy Fetter—Received his B.A., 1922, from Alberta L. Married and lived in California. Is now back at Alberta C. taking an engineering course.
Harry Glass—Is married and living in Regina.
Margaret Perry—Is teaching in the city.
Blanche Baskerville- Is teaching in St. Paul, U.S.A.
Christine Nelson Is stenographer in Bank of Nova Scotia, Calgary.
Alex Aitken —Is attending Christian College, University of Spokane.
Zera Dunsworth—After receiving her B.A. from University of Spokane, is now teaching high school in Idaho.
Doris Smith Is attending University at Seattle.Page Seventy-Six THE SPOTIJGH T
Wade Ridimtii—Will complete his dental course at Chicago, June, this year.
John Denoox Is attending Toronto University where he has completed the fourth vear of his medical course.
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Maimokik Sherlock—Will graduate in Arts from U. of A. in 1920. Is vice- president of Students’ Union for next year.
Myrtle Gillies—Is teaching in the city.
THE CLASS OF 1922
Just Three Short )’ears Ago
Verily, I am very uncomfortably balanced upon the horns of a dilemma. 1 feel I must come out openly and give my candid opinion of mv graduating class, a complex company of pretty maids and youthful swains who occupied the senior form of the Lethbridge High School during the school year of 1921-22. Well, if I must, there is no surer way of getting it off my mind than to plunge headlong into the task.
We, and I cannot exclude myself, were a slow, old-fashioned and distinctly unprogressive student body in one very important respect. This I have concluded # after reflecting on the present states of my former classmates. Restrain your incredulity until 1 explain.
Of the twenty members of that class, only one, as far as 1 can learn, has fallen for the little winged archer. One progressive swain has joined the ranks of the benedicts, but the rest of us, despite the three years that have intervened since we last passed through the L.IT.S. portals, remain unencumbered by matri­monial ties. Mark well, that some may have been severely wounded, and one I understand has capitulated, although the treaty has not yet been signed. As for the rest, what will another three vears tell?
After all, this only goes to show what a sensible group we were, in spite of the fact that some members of the staff could not always see eye to eye with us. What, I ask, if we did consistently test Mr. W. Wrigley’s great invention of per­petual motion? Is not that a very small thing, compared with the momentous things in life, as for instance, deciding on a permanent partnership?
Hut this should relate something of tin* present activities of the old clan. Reminiscences and anecdotes might be more interesting but space is limited. To the best of my ability I will note the progress of each of the members of our much- maligned year. There are some that have passed beyond my ken and to them I apologize.
Four staunch members of the class are now full-fledged teachers on the school staffs of Lethbridge. Janet Me 11 vena, she of the melodious modulations and lingering laughter, teaches the tots of the third grade in Galbraith School. Janet’s musical ability has been recognized insofar as she has been appointed to the office of musical instructress of the school, which I proclaim is no small honor for one of her years. Verna Gray also teaches the third grade, but her duties are at Fleetwood School. Agnes Davidson, the one and same who always displayed that remarkably uncommon aflinitv for the history of the English constitution, spent a year doling out knowledge in Coalhurst but now is teacher of the seventh grade at Central here. Constance Viney, the shy and somewhat sedate, is a member of the Separate School staff.
But this class contained more than four embryo teachers. Blanche Olandcr, one of the tardy travellers in the good old days, is teaching at Pearce. She has five grades and twenty-five charges. Elbcrta Suggitt is also blazing the thorny trails for youthful minds. Elberta teaches at Wilson Siding and manages to visit her home in Coaldale every week-end.THE SPOTLIGHT Page Seventy-Seven
Lest we forget. Myrtle Wardman, the mischievous one* with the ready retort. Myrtle is still teaching down in Coutts.
Belle Bannen and Beatrice Bun ton are teaching somewhere in the south, I believe.
Frances Shillington was the only girl of our

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FOREWORD
rrr IIE WOKK of the Business Committee of Tin: Si'cti.jout in eonneetion with w the publication ol this fourth annual issue, has been facilitated by tin- good record of the magazine in previous years.
We owe a special word of thanks to the business men of Lethbridge who have continued to use our advertising pages.
The financial assistance of tin- Senior and Junior Literary Societies of our school is very necessary in making possible publication of the magazine. The larger portion of the pro< of the production of the plays, "The Merchant of Venice** and "Robin Hood." has been available to finance Tin: SroTi.tom.
The photographs of the teaching staff and <>f tin* Girls' Basketball Team are from Allison's Studio. The other photographs, making up a record number for one year's magazine, are from the studio of A. 1-1. Cross. Every courtesy has been extended to us by both these firms. We are indebted to the City Sign Works for the 1< th< composite picture vi^'"
The Lethbridge Herald has had charge of the actual printing and the manu­facture of cuts.
Thanks are due to every member of the business staff, named elsewhere, for the effort of each in making this issue of our school magazine a success.t i i i : s p o t L i a i n Page l ive
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■ LETHBRIDGE ■ HIGH • SCHOOL- • FACULTY - 1924-1925THE
SPOTLIGHT
JUNE, NINETEEN TWENTY - FIVE QJ
Editorial and Business Staff:
Consulting Editor and /ins. Mgr. Harry C. Sweet, B.A.
Editor-in-chief • - • I.OKXK II. BlACKIIOUKNK
Easiness Manager .... Ralph HaKVKY
Assistant Editor .... Kathleen M. Jones Ciris’ Athletics .... Mary Hamilton Hoys' Athletics ..... William Hay Senior Literary Society • • • Anna Saxdquist
Junior Literary Society - • • Hklkx Maynard
Class Reporters:
Grade XII - Kditli Judd
XIa - Lois Sylvester Xl» - Kathleen M. Jones
Xa • John Muir Xi: • Sain Best Xo • Marjorie Rabv Senior Commercial • Winnie Scott, Frances Bernard Junior Commercial • Oda Weir IXa • Sylvia Anthony, Eleanor Fleming IXn - Douglas Keiver IXc • I.averne Quick
Business Committee:
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‘Itjti ITU TIIK PIRLICATIOX of the fourth annual Spotlight, another
IUO.IJ OlUlipiUif OJ HOGS S| SSI!(•) J.XpOIII! |Mltt «)SO|.) V. O) SAVU.tp JU9A |OOlj-)S
Ix?thbridge High School.
The graduating class will go out into the world full of ambition and high ideals. But before great things are accomplished, these graduates must learn that, while they seek for the big things in life, they must not neglect the small one&. It is by performing the small tasks of life that we gain strength for those greater. Greatness is not attained by leaps and bounds, but by climbing slowly and surely. Make the small tasks stepping stones, rather than stumbling blocks, in your upward climb.
Whatever positions in life you are called upon to fill, be they high or be they low, do not be content with filling them except to the very best of your ability. Remember that a school is judged by ii> graduates, and therefore your success or failure in life reflects to the good or detriment of the school as a whole, and of the other students or graduates.
In short, make the most of your abilities and of your opportunities. Take the following lines for a motto and your lives will he such that any community will be better for having vou in it:
“If you cannot on the ocean,
Sail among the swiftest ilect,
Rocking on the highest billows,
Laughing at the storms you meet.
You can stand among the sailors,
Anchored yet within the bay;
Vou can bear a hand to help them As they launch their boats away.”
If in future years, when school days live only in memory, the pages of this book bring to mind a true picture of our school life, replete as it has been with the happiest associations, Tuf. Spotlight of 1925 will have fulfilled its purpose.
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TOMORROW
“Vet all experience is an arch whercthro'
Gleams that untraretTd world whose margin fades For ever and for erer as / more." Tennyson.
TjTOIt YOl’TII there is no past, hut a very vivid present and a keenly anticipated ™ future. In visions are built airy castles inhabited by heroes who will revo­lutionize the world. The spirit of daring enterprise and desire for exciting adventure urges on to mighty battles and Herculean struggles with imaginary foes. In these youth never fails to accomplish outstanding victories. What instinct directs the creation of these fairy dreams if it is not the innate desire of the human race to achieve reputation, fame, success, and victory? The visions of youth are clearer, the forward impulse stronger, and the ceaseless longing for action keener than at any other period of life. No one asks, “Watchman, what of the night?” because there is no night. The query is, "What of tomorrow?"
We are living in one of the greatest transition periods ever experienced in the world's history. It is a time when the ideals of mankind are changing and in their practical application we see several very noticeable indications of improve­ment. The principles of honesty, fair play and justice are no longer applicable only to a few individuals, but are permeating the business life of the nation and influencing international relationship. Ambassadors are telling European diplo­mats that no more assistance will be forthcoming unless peace based upon good­will is established. The League of Nations is exerting a constant and impressive moral influence on nations both strong and weak. Forces are at work in various fields of activity for the betterment of living conditions of men and peoples. This is the new world atmosphere into which our youth are venturing. Much will depend upon the ideals they carry with them as to whether the work already begun, but not yet firmly established, will be made or marred.
The schools of England have prided themselves less upon the academic product furnished to the world, though this has been of no mean value, than upon the type of individual sent forth to battle with the affairs of life. The war was won (so they claim) upon the cricket fields of the schools long before it ever broke out. The youth of England in their Teens had learned the full meaning of British fair play, of physical endurance under trial, of tenacity of will in fighting a tough game, long before they were called upon to put on a uniform. When the time came to save the nation the same youth carried with them the character already moulded and hardened in school and college life. More than that, they furnished the leaders and officers of the army from general to subaltern. It was not the number who went over the top, but the morale of the men and the quality of leadership that stood the test in meeting the foe. But the foundation was laid in the schools.
Some of our number are graduating this year. The field of their endeavor is widening out far beyond the scope of the High School. Exacting demands will be made upon them by the world at large, and, while academic honors are valuable,Till: SPOT LIGHT Pai/e Eleven
reference is seldom made to these when once school or college is left behind. The public will rather ask, "What kind of a fellow is he? How does he measure up in his business and among his friends? What ability has he to shoulder respon­sibility? How does he play the game?*’ It is a test of character rather than of mental achievement and unless education develops character the product of the school is wasted endeavor. Hut as Kipling states:
"If you can keep your head when all about you Arc losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
Hut make allowance for their doubting, too:
If you can wait and not be tired of waiting.
Or being lied about don't deal in lies.
Or being hated don’t give wav to hating.
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
If vou can dream—and not make dreams vour master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat these two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build them up with worn-out tools;
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run.
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And what is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!”
A. J. Watson’.
Empire Day ani> Kino's Hirthday
Empire Day (May 22), and the sixtieth birthday of King George V. (June .2). were fittingly observed by the student body of the school. The afternoon of May 22 the students assembled in the auditorium, and the programme included a patriotic address by Judge Jackson, presentation of 1. the Students of Grade XI., who take up this book in their English studies this year.
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In the productions of plays by the Literary Societies during the year use was made of new equipment which has been added to our stock of stage fittings, including a complete set of curtains, and an extension to the platform involving an expenditure of about one hundred dollars. The cost would have been greater had it not been for the willing services given by a group of the girls and by Miss Pudifin, in the making of the curtains.
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The students of the school were privileged in hearing a lecture on April 23, by I)r. II. S. Thomson, Secretary of the Canadian Dental Hygiene Council, on "Oral Hygiene/' and Professor Hurt of the University of Alberta lectured a week later on “The League of Nations.”
THE ANNUAL DANCE
On Friday, February 20th, Central School Auditorium was the scene of a most enjoyable dance, held by the High School Senior Literary Society. The hall was most tastefully decorated with streamers of purple and gold. Numerous ferns and palms, under the softened radiance of tinted lights, assisted in converting the room into a place of beauty. The guests included the members of the School Hoard, the School Staff, the wives of the sterner members of the staff, and the students of the three higher grades. On entering they were received by Miss Man* Hamilton. Mi$S Mawdsloy. Mrs. A. J. Watson. Mrs. .). II. Westbrook and Mrs. W. S. Rrodie. Dancing commenced at nine o'clock. Excellent music was fur­nished by Miss Elton’s orchestra. At 11.15 a dainty lunch was served, after which another hour of (lancing concluded the program. To Miss Mawdsley, the organizer; Miss Terrill, convenor of the decorating committee, and Miss Pudifin. convenor of the refreshment committee, our thanks and appreciation are extended as they were largely responsible for the successful evening.
"Such a wonderful time,—iced lemonade was—sore feet now -teachers looked lovely- -almost human—cosy lounges—sleepy as the dickens/’ were common com­ments heard next day.
Yes, it was a wonderful success!—a dance which will undoubtedly go on record in the annals of the L. II. s. as one of the most successful social evenings ever held.
A nna S a n d q u is t .
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“THE MERCHANT OF VENICE”
/1 ^ NE OF THE MOST enjoyable and successful events of the term was the W production of Shakespeare's popular play, ‘'The Merchant of Venice.” staged by the members of Grade XI. This play, which was undoubtedly, one of the most successful ever put on by the High School, was presented in Central School Audi­torium on the evenings of March oth and 6th. The difficulties always to be encountered in the presentation of a Shakespearian play were soon overcome by the untiring efforts of Mi.-- Mawdsley and Mr. Brodie. As the play progressed on both evenings, the entire cast entered into the spirit of the story, dramatically interpreting both the humor and pathos bound up in this -lory of Venice.
Although three romances are interwoven into tin- tale, tin- story centres around the activities of the covetous and rapacious Shylock. St. flair Rivers, who took the part of the Jew, portrayed this character with great success, disclosing much ability as he depicted the character of the Jew in three different phases: first, spurned and despised, yet craftily seeking revenge; second, still despised, yet in his hour of victory preparing to wipe out the debt which he feels the hated Gentiles owe him; and lastly, crushed and broken, as his revenge is snatched from him and he receives his just desserts.
Donald Buchanan as Antonio, Merchant of Venice, left little to be desired in his portrayal of the part of a true friend. Especially noticeable was the skill displayed in the trial scene, where he was undoubtedly at his best, exhibiting a stoical resignation to his fate.
The role of Portia was skilfully taken by Anna Sandquist, who proved her ability to portray the typical Elizabethan Portia. Miss Sandquist deserves much credit for the way in which she entered into the spirit of her part, and her cer­tainty and convincing manner made her a very engaging Portia. Thelma Kearns as Xerissa, her lady-in-waiting, also interpreted her character extremely well, and supplied a humorous touch in her love affair with the voluble Gratiano, the latter character being well played by Bob Crawford. Myrtle Leech as Jessica, beautiful daughter of Shylock. also took her part very successfully. Claude O'Leary as Bassanio, Portia s suitor, deserves much credit for a careful characterization.
Humorous, but perfectly portrayed were the characters of Old Gobbo, played by George Glanville. and Launcelot Gobbo, his son, played by Gordon Wilson.
Ralph Harvey, as Duke of Venice; John Watson, Gordon McKenzie and Harold Rubbra as Venetian gentlemen all contributed to the success of the play.
Although great credit reflects upon the “actors” and “actresses” of this play, yet equal credit must be given to the teachers who. by their ceaseless efforts in training the caste, made the play “go." Miss M&wdsley and. as usual. Mr. Brodie, with the assistance of Miss Pudifm are responsible for the play's unquestioned • success. Praise must also be given to Mr. F. Rose who assisted Mr. Wade in the make-up of the caste.
During the casket scene the song, ‘“Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred,” was pleasingly sung bv Jessie Findley.
The High School Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Wade, supplied music during the evening. The members of the Orchestra are: Edith Ball. Doris Good­man. Phvlis Clarke. Zina Heninger, Marv Goldstein. Alma MoC’ausland, Kittv Goodman, Frances Bernard, Ronald Glasgow. Frank Lawford, T. Andrew, Hugh Law ford, Harold McKillop, Wilbur MeKillop, Tom Green.1 fusil School Obcukstka
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TII K CASTE
Shylock ............................................................. St. Clair Rivers
Salarino ......................................................................John Watson
Salanio ................................................................ Gordon McKenzie
Antonio, Merchant of Venice .......................... Donald Buchanan
Gratiano, friend of Bassanio .............................. Robert Crawford
Lorenzo, in love with Jessica ............................ Harold Rubbra
Bassanio, a gentleman suitor to Portia ............ Claude O'Leary
Balthasar, servant to Portia .......................... Ralph McKenzie
Leonardo, servant to Bassanio ........................................Joe Lakie
Old Gobbo ......................................................... George Glanville
Launeelot Gobbo, in Shy lock's service ............... Gordon Wilson
Tubal, a friend to Shylock .................................. Gordon Wilson
Duke of Venice ....................................................... Ralph Harvey
Magnificoes ................................ Stuart Wright and K. Jamieson
Portia ....................................................................... Anna Samlquist
Xcrissa, her waiting-inaid .................................... Thelma Kearns
Jessica, daughter to Shylock .................................. Myrtle Leech
Katin.i:kn M. Joxus.
THE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
The J.. II. S. Orchestra is a feature in school recreation which well deserves the whole hearted support of all teachers, parents, pupils and general public, as music, particularly instrumental music, is undoubtedly an aid to culture, and the benefits of the school orchestra will be made more apparent as time goes on. The thanks of the members of the orchestra is due to Mr. A. Wade for his kindly interest and work in directing the school orchestra.
The selections rendered by the orchestra at the "Merchant of Venice,” "Robin Hood," and at the regular literary meetings, were much appreciated by the audiences. The orchestra also rendered a programme at a banquet held in the Y. M. (’. A. during Membership Drive Week, which all goes to prove that the L. II. s. Orchestra is worth while. To quote the principal of McGill University, Sir A. W. Currie, when speaking recently at a school function:
"There has been too much tendency of recent years to regard the study of music from the professional point of view, as aimed at the winning of a livelihood. We cannot but lend our heartfelt approval to all that tends to encourage music for the sake of its cultural value, and of the beauty and joy that lie in its melodies.”
It is to be hoped, as each year rolls on, that the membership will increase and that the school orchestra will be one of the liveliest organizations at school.
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THE INTER-HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE
Debating Tram
That history would repeat itself in the form of another debating cham­pionship for the local High School, was fully expected this year, espec­ially after such an impetus as was given to debating by our champions of last year. But "the best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft agloy,” and leave us to enjov only the memories of what might have been. Today the Lethbridge High School mourn the loss of the debat­ing championship and the Rutherford Cup emblematic thereof.
The first round of the intcr-Hgh School debates was held wth debates simultaneous! v at Medicine I fat and Lethbridge on Tuesday, November 18, the question under discussion being, “That it. is in the national interest that the Canadian Government should impose an export duty on Pulpwood.” The team from Medicine Mat, Miss Abelc Weeks and William Morris, upheld the affirmative in this city and Peterson and St. Clair Rivers by our opponents, Russel llalpin and
defeated our strong team, Miss lIuKIda a total of three points. At Medicine Hat Alex Spivak, before a record breaking audience of between five and six hundred, marshalled facts and figures in amazing fashion, and were able to outpoint our affirmative, Miss Doris Dunham and (J. Wilson, by the small margin of two points. Of this latter encounter mention must be made of the fluent manner in which Miss Dunham acquitted herself. She drew down special remarks from the judge for her excellent debating style and English.
Ii is interesting to note that Lethbridge proved Medicine Hat's most for­midable opponents since that city's team has lately won the provincial champion­ship, defeating Kdmonton's debating talent by a wide margin.
It is the wish of the debaters that next year will bring better results, and that the local High School will again take its rightful place as holder of the coveted Rutherford Cup.
In the “JV series of intcr-lligh School debates, conducted by the Department of Extension of the University of Alberta, Minburn won the U. F. A. Cup, emble­matic of the championship.
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF STUDY
l V revolutionize all former methods in the High School; things do not happen that way. I can no more than sketch some of the interesting facts that psychology has lately disclosed, but if I can tempt you to further reading, I shall have accomplished much.
Dealing with this topic, let us first consider attention. It is evident that attention is a fluctuating phenomenon. When you read a book your attention seems to come in flashes and the length and intensity of those flashes will obviously have much to do with the effectiveness of your study. As you near maturity your power to give attention will increase; that is, if you have cultivated the habit of concentrating in youth. How often have you sat over your books thinking of something else and then told the teacher that you had spent an hour on the subject and could not learn it? Every time vou did this you damaged vonrself twice over; in the first place, you wasted time which you might have put to better advantage on something else; in the second place, you encouraged yourself in i la- bad habit of letting vour mind wander. Do not do it. Trv to make vonrself concentrate if you can; but if it is impossible, turn to something else and have another try in the morning when vour mind is fresh.
Quite obviously, different subjects attract the attention of different people. Your best work in life—the best work of everyone—i> always along the line that awakens spontaneous interest. Hut interest which has to he forced is a good thing, too, in its proper place. It forms an excellent training in concentration which will be of value later along tin* line you choose to follow, and it often presents you with some knowledge which, while not in itself interesting, is necessary as a foundation for something interesting later on. Late in life, IVpys. writer of the famous diary, undertook to learn the multiplication table and had a hard struggle with it—not an interesting topic in itself, but valuable later.
And now having given due attention to your studies and having, as you say. "learnt” them, how long will you retain them? That will depond on your memory. There are two types of memory; that needed for immediate recall, and the power of retention, which goes deeper and registers what will be recalled after a con­siderable period of time. One thing has been proved past all doubt, and that is that what has been learnt in childhood will be retained longer than what is learnt later. Psychologists make graphs—similar to those you make in Algebra—to illustrate how the ability to learn increases tip to about the age of fourteen years, then stavs fairly level till about twenty-two, and then starts on a more or less rapid downhill path. And it is not enough t<> repeal what you have learned once. Thai satisfies only the immediate memory. Be sure you can say ii several times and then it will be a permanent poss n. It takes only a little extra time at the moment; it will take longer later and perhaps then you will be less able to spare tin- time. With a subject like science <>r history, learn by asking yourself questions as well as by repetition. This separates the different parts of the subject and also trains you to put it to practical use which is after all the ultimate aim of most things learnt. Success in life is dependent upon ability to solve questions speedily and well. Prepare yourself for the future by training in quick and accurate solution of problems.Page Twenty-Two Tin: s r o T u a i /T
Time is a factor ii: learning; the crammer mav satisfy immediate memory and pass his examinations—if he is a good crammer—but the consistent student who has done a little each day will retain his subject much longer. If an exercise is given a week ahead, do a little each night for several nights; you will save time in the end, for the total amount of time required will be less than if the whole exercise had been left to one night. When the task is to memorise a selection, adopt the habit of memorizing by learning the whole and not the part. If you memorize a selection of several stanzas, stanza by stanza, you are mentally associating the end of stanza one with the beginning of stanza one, instead of with the beginning of stanza two as ought to have been the case. However, if certain passages give especial trouble, try them by themselves and then put them into their context again. Remember active learning is always better than passive. Keep trying to repeat the exercise as well as merely reading it.
And now, when all is done, it must be admitted that some people will always learn quicker than others and that very often the quick learner will remember better than the slow learner. But both types of learners can bring themselves to the highest development possible to them by the formation of good habits in youth—the time when habits are made. What you do carelessly now is moulding the character of the man you will some day be. There is no such thing as "turning over a new leaf." If you do not write carefully in the book of life as a child you will leave it untidy for all time. For that kind of writing there is no eraser.
M. I). Mawdsi.ey.
THE HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
The Lethbridge High School chorus was successful in obtaining the Calgary
Musicians' Association Shield at the Musical Festival held here from the eleventh
to the fifteenth of May. The chorus was the only one entered in this class, which
is a new one this year.
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Under the able supervision of Mr. Wade thirty girls who took part volun­tarily, spent a great deal of time and energy in preparation. The first selection sung was "Snow Flakes” by Lyon; the second, Bantock’s “Faery Kingdom.” The points given were 87 and 81 respectively, totalling 168, eighteen marks more than those required to obtain the shield.
This is a good start for Lethbridge High School, and we sincerely hope that in the coming years they will bring more honors to l/ethbridge in the musical line. ' ‘ W. S.
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THE JUNIOR LITERARY SOCIETY
The 11)21 25 term brought into evidence a banner .Junior Literary Society.
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Both in size and in efforts this society has equalled if not surpassed the Junior “Lits” of previous years. The combined IXa. IX a, IXc, ami IX. Commercial Classes, make up this organization, and this year, under the management of Mr. Brodie, assisted by Miss McNaughton, Miss Budilin and Miss Conn, we Juniors feel that we have done all credit to ourselves.
The object of our Society is twofold. First, t<> cultivate and display our musical and literary (including dramatic and debating) ability; and second, to help the other High School activities financially. Both of these objects this year's Lit. feels that it has attained.
First, from the literary viewpoint. The classes took turns in putting on programs, and these latter consisted primarily of plays, supplemented by music, oral composition and recitations. Each program bespoke good ability, special training and keen interest on the part of the class presenting it. In each case, of course, much credit must, he given the class teacher, who helped in the selection and preparation of the program.
Different types of plays were presented in the course of the year, but all were
most successful, and were thoroughly enjoyed by the members of the society. Special mention should be made of the IXc’s appearing in two scenes from “King Henry V.” From now on Shakespeare won't seem quite so terrible to us! All thanks to Miss Pndifin.
The scenes from the Christmas Carol, dramatized and directed by Miss Terrill and presented by the IX it's were surely welcomed by us, especially as wo were, at the time, deep in the literary interpretation, character study, and every­thing that's hard and means “work” in the story of Scrooge.
The IX l’b in “How Mrs. Gaskelldid not Hirea Cook” and in “City Ignorance” and the Junior Commercials in “Latest Sensations from Podunk,” assisted by Miss McXaughton, Mr. L’egrum and Miss Conn, proved themselves quite capable of taking on the appearance and characteristics of whatever type they represented in these amusing sketches.
Musical ability was well manifested throughout the year in the prominent part piano and violin solos, vocal solos and duets took in the entertainments.Patje Ttvenhj-Sx.r
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Mr. Wade found places for several of our members in the orchestra and they, no doubt, profited greatly by the training they received there.
From the fees received from the members, and the funds realized from the Junior play, "Ifobin Hood." an account of which appears on another page, we have been able to help considerably in financing the High School activities through the year. So that we feel our organization, providing as it did entertainment and instruction for us. and attaining its second object, is one of which we can be really proud.
But behind it all! Let us not forget—our Executives'—those who did the planning, the organizing, who took the responsibility and saw every endeavor •‘through." We know that each and every one of them can, after his term of "theory and practice” with the Juniors, step into office in the Senior Lit. when opportunity comes, and can fill his ollice there satisfactorily to the society and without too many fears of incompetence as far as he himself is concerned.
The ollicers for the first term were:
President—11arvev (> reenway.
Vice-President— escape. They flee to
Sherwood Forest and are protected by Friar Tuck (Fred Mackie).
"Kokin Mood"
Xow we are at the castle. Queen Eleanor (Lily Jenks) is sitting with Maid Marian and her ladies-in-waiting. Then the King (Douglas Keiver) arrives with a number of friends. Ripples of laughter flutter over the audience at the comical sayings of Guy and Anthony. Then Sir Richard and his friends bid their sovereign good-bye.
Next we are again in Sherwood Forest. The King and Queen are also there with a number of attendants. They are in disguise, and have come for the purpose of seeing Robin Hood. The latter finally appears and invites the visitors to dine with him. They accept, and at the end of the feast the King becomes known. Then Sir Richard arrives, and tin* outlaw is able to buy his freedom. The last chorus is sung and the curtain drawn.Page Ticcnly-High ( THE SPOTLIGHT
Just before the singing of "God Save the King,” Miss Pudifin and Miss McNaughton were presented with n bouquet of flowers as ;i token of thanks for the work they had done in helping i<> put on the play. Mr. Brodie, and Mr. Wade and the High School Orchestra, gave their best efforts to help make the play a success.
The remaining members of the caste were: Will Scarlet, Harold Kilner; Much, Glen Hamilton; Alan-a-dale, Eric Johnson; King’s messenger, Wilbur McKiUop, and the ladies-in-waiting, Hilda Robinson, Helen Wright and Bernice Beasley.
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HOBBIES
TtttfKBSTER defines a hobby as a ruling passion. But the thought of being ruled by any passion may seem repugnant to the best ideals of self-develop­ment. Rather let us look on a hobby not as a passion, but as a pursuit, other than that by which we earn our daily bread, into which we can. in spare moments, so direct our energies as to forget the ever present urge of the daily grind. Change of work is as good as a rest, and we can come back to our vocation with new enthusiasm. At the same time we must give a word of caution. Bide your hobby using whip and spur, but do not let it take control. Do not be quite as accommodating as the Irishman, who a trifle under the influence, was riding home late at night. Floundering through a hog, the horse managed to get one foot caught in a stirrup from which the rider’s foot had slipped. "0 well!” said Pat, "if you’re coming up here, I'll be getting down!” It is only when the hobby kes charge that it turns an entertaining companion into a tiresome bore.
And speaking of companionship, is it not true that a friend with a hobby can be a most interesting comrade? A walk with one whose leisure time is given to brush and pencil is a trip through a magic land of colors, lights and shadows that you never before noticed with your unseeing eyes. The amateur gardener soon develops a similar ability to translate i<> us the language of Nature. 1 well recall a friend of mine, whose garden was his summer recreation, pointing out a bit of natural philosophy which I have thought of many times since, lie made this remark that colors in flowers of the same kind, as for instance, reds in sweet peas, do not clash as do those of differing plants, for example the reds of nasturtiums and of sweet peas. Whether an artist would agree with this or not I cannot say. But is not a hobby that will lend us to ponder on the curious ways of Nature a most valuable education in itself?
It has been truly said that for increasing the joy of life there is nothing quite like a hobby, whether it be outdoor sports, chess, music, pottery or Persian cats. Even the much ridiculed crossword puzzle has been a stimulus to thousands of jaded minds. To one old lady, at least, it opened up new vistas of pleasure. "You know, said she. ”1 take such comfort in reading my new dictionary, though it is hard at times to follow the thread of thought.”
I he objection I have to such fads as that mentioned, the crossword puzzle, is chiefly that it is thrust upon us from without. The impelling motive is not within ourselves, but we arc forced into the game by the daily press and constant iteration of our neighbors. It is like being ordered by every billboard, bv placards iti the street cards, and by flaming electric signs, to Eat Raisins—especially Jones’t h e s p o t l ig h t Page. Tiventy-Xine
Raisins. Those advertisements always nettle one a bit, and I invariably deb mine to along on prunes just for spite. A hobby forced on you by public
clamor is not your hobby. It will die when the fickle public changes its whim.
You have doubtless heard of dead end vocations, those that lead nowhere, give no opportunity to rise. I would place the crossword puzzle with marathon dancing, as dead end recreations.
One hobby which is capable of indefinite expansion is the scrapbook habit. A year's collection of clippings on the subject which appeals to you. taken from newspapers and magazines, is a volume worth more to the collector than any lie could buy. A case in point is that of a school girl who made a collection of jokes
and funny verses for her own amusement. A public speaker, seeing the little
book, at once appreciated it.- value to him and offered her fifty dollars for it. She, however, valued it fully as well, and refused to sell.
There is another phase of hobby riding that it is well to keep in mind. It is a fact that many of the most revolutionary inventions have been made, not by men engaged in the line of work affected by the invention, but by amateurs, that is, bv men who have taken up the subject as a hobby. Witness for example the invention of the first practical cotton spinning mcahine. Richard Arkwright, it was, a broker, who made possible the great cotton spinning industry of England. The aeroplane was brought into being not, as one might expect, by expert balloon­ists, nor was the modern automobile invented by ;i locomotive engineer. The explanation is obvious, 'flu* amateur is not hampered by tradition, 'flic trained man. I should say the professional perhaps, is afraid of the ridicule of bis fellow workers should he launch into untried methods. The layman is responsible to no one for the success of Ids hobby, and often by bis new methods of attack is carried by sheer audacity to a long in for achievement.
But whether or not we make discoveries that will startle the world, everv one
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of us who takes up a sensible hobby, will soon discover that it means new fields of pleasure, and the great joy of a broadening mental horizon. The hobby is well worth while.
W. S. Bkodik.
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ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES
A ’ Senior, 220 yard dash—A. Vere. time 32 1-5 seconds.
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Girls’ Intermediate, 220 yard dash—Equalled by M. Hamilton, time 33 sec. Girls’ Junior, 220 yard dash*—W. Straley, time 32 1-5 seconds.
Girls’Junior, Running High Jump—Equalled by W. Straley, height 3 ft. 11 in.
The following are the Lethbridge High School Champions for the season of 1924-25:
Boys’ Senior- -Win. Hay.
Boys' Intermediate—W. MacDonald.
Boys' Junior—T. Green.
Girls' Senior—A. Simpson.
Girls' Intermediate—M. Hamilton.
Girls' .Junior—W. Straley.
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Bovs’ Skxiok Kvknts
100 yard dash—If. Glasgow, Wm. Hay, G. Glanville. Time 11 1-5 sec.
220 yard dash—If. Glasgow, Win. Hay, I*. Harvey. Time 25 3-5 see.
440 yard race—Wm. Hay, If. Glasgow, If. Harvey. Time 69 1-5 sec.
880yard race—If. Glasgow, I). Keiver, H. MacDonald. Time 2 min 33 1-5sec. Running broad jump—Wm. Hay, D. Keiver, A. Donaldson. Distance 16* 11)4”. Running high jump—Wm. Hay, A. Donaldson, R. Harvey. Height 5* 1-4 in. Running hop, step and jump—Wm. Hay, 1). Keiver, A. Kidpath. Distance 35 ft. 10 inches.
Shot put—R. Harvey, A. Ridpath, D. Aggers. Distance 38 ft.
Relay—Won by Wm. Hay, A. Ridpath, .1. Carson, If. Glasgow.
Roys’ I NTKK.MKDI.VTK KVKNTS
100 yard dash—W. MacDonald, G. Wilson, H. Peacock. Time 12 3 5 see.
220 yard dash—G. Wilson, II. Peacock, W. MacDonald. Time 20 3-5 sc. 440 yard race—W. MacDonald, G. Wilson, H. Peacock. Time l min. 6 3-5 ^ec. ■SS0 yard race W. MacDonald. H. Vaughn. G. Wilson. Time 2 min. 55 1-5 see. Running broad jump—W. MacDonald, H. Peacock, G. Wilson. Distance 15 feet 2/ inches.
Running high jump—R. Craig, H. Elton, W. MacDonald. Height I ft. 8 in. Running hop, step and jump—W. MacDonald, G. Wilson, H. Peacock. Dis­tance 33 ft. (> inches.
Relay Won by I.. Roy, II. Thomas, M. Luco. S. Rest.
Rovs’ Ji'xioit Kvknts
100 yard dash—T. Green, H. Lawford, T. Pratt. Time 13 1-5 sec.
220 yard dash—T. Green, T. Pratt, II. Lawford. 'I’ime 30 3-5 sec.
440 yard race—T. Green, II. Lawford, T. Gant. Time l min. 10 2-5 sec.
880 yard race—T. Green, M. Smith, 'I'. Gant. Time 3 min. 1 1-5 see.
Running broad jump- M. Smith, (i. Hamilton, D. Punnell. Distance 13’ 11". Running high jump—M. Smith, C. Larson, C. Fairbanks. Height I ft. 8 in. Running hop, step and jump—L. Anderson, M. Smith, 'I'. Gant. Distance 31 feet Y> inch.
Relay—Won by T. Green. II. Lawford, M. Smith, A. McKinnon.
G mils’ Skxiok Kvknts
100 yard dash—E. Ifccd. A. Simpson, A. Verc. Time l I sec.
220 yard dash—A. Vere, K. Reed. A. Simpson. Time 32 1-5 sec.
Standing broad jump—A. Simpson, E. Reed, M. Schumacher. Distance 7 feet Y2 inch.
Running high jump—A. Simpson. M. Schumacher, E. Schumacher. Height 4 feet 1 inch.
Basketball throw—M. Schumacher. A. Simpson, K. Schumacher. Distance 5? feet 3 inches.
Raschall throw—H. McKillop, A. Simpson, M. Schumacher. Distance 1 10 feet 5 inches.
Relay—Won by A. Vere, M. Schumacher, A. Rod inyak, M. Raby.
Giki.s* Ixtkkmkdiatk Kvknts
100 yard dash—M. Hamilton, E. Ball, M. Jamies. Time 14 1-5 sec.
220 yard dash—M. Hamilton, K. Ball, B. MacKenzie. Time 33 sec. Standing broad jump—D. Aggers, M. Hamilton, K. Ball. Distance 6’ 9)4”. Running high jump*—K. Ball, M. James, Z. Heninger. Height 3 ft. 11 in. Basketball throw—M. Hamilton. Z. Heninger, K. Ball. Distance 61 ft. 3 in. Baseball throw—M. Hanrlton, K. Rail. Distance 125 ft. 11 in.
Relay—Won bv M. Hamilton, X. Walker, W. Rrandow, B. McKenzie.Page TJt irhj-l'our THE guard \; E. Williams (foricard) \
M. Schumacher (guard); A. Simpson (centre)
The basketball season proved a decided success. Too much can hardly be satri of the loyalty of Mr. McKillop, his able coaching, and sportsmanlike example. The girls appreciate very highly tin* untiring efforts of Mr. Lonsberry and their coach. Mention may be made of the fact that the junior boys’ team proved them­selves worthy allies in providing an opposing team during practice periods.
At the close of the season Mr. and Mrs. Lonsberry pleasantly entertained at dinner the team, their coach and members of the school staff.
Pkusox nei. of t 11 k Hikes' Mask mu i.i. Team
Adair Simpson—Captain. Centre Forward.
Kdith Hall—Forward.
Mary Hamilton—Forward.
“Billie" Stralev—Guard.
Minnie Schumacher—(luard.
Muriel Allison—Guard.
Kivu fluff and Kdnn Schumacher- Sub-forwards. Muriel McGuire and Kvellyn Williams—Sub-guards.
Hikes' Hockey
This is the first year that a girls" hockey team has been definitely organized. This was brought about mainly by the persistent efforts of Mr. Wilson. Much enthusiasm was aroused among the girls, which resulted in bringing a few really good players to the front. A league consisting of four teams was formed and many enjoyable games were held. It is hoped, during the coming season, that a girls' hockey team will be definitely established, which will make a name for itself in that popular winter sport.
Many Hamilton.t h e s p o t l ig h t Page Th irty-Scvcn
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Again, as in former years, the students of the High School are demoting their energies to the American national game—Baseball. On account of the school term being so far advanced, no boys' league has been formed, although several friendly games between grades have been played.
The girls are also participating in this line* of sport. They have formed two leagues, senior and junior, with four teams in each league.
It is hoped, as the season advances, that interest in this game will be main­tained and the leagues brought to a successful close.
The hoys' baseball team made a trip to Magrath for the first outside game of the season, winning an exciting contest from Magrath High School team by the close score of I—3.
W. Hay.
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I. O. D. E. ESSAY COMPETITION
I'll?ST PRIZE ESSAY liy Christina S meat on. Grade XII.
Prizes in the High School (trades were awarded to tirade XII.—Christina S men ton. tirade XI.— Kathleen Jones.
Grade X.—Samuel Best.
Grade IX.—Jennie Syniak, St. Basil’s School.
-THE SUPERIORITY OK TICK ORGAN IZATlON OK TH K BRITISH EMPIRE TO OTHER TYPES OF IMPERIALISM; ITS POSSIBILI­TIES AS A (il IDE TO WORE!) PEACE"
Pakachaph Plan
(1) Introduction:
(rt) Definition of "Imperialism."
(2) Body:
(«» Spanish Imperialism.
(h) Kreneh Imperialism.
(c) German Imperialism.
id) The basis of true National greatness and power.
(e) British Imperialism.
(/) The Colonial Conference as a guide t*» world peace.
(J) Conclusion:
(r/) The British Empire of today.
^IMPERIALISM is the system of government under an emperor or empire; it
is an imperial state or authority; it is the spirit of an empire. It is the policy whereby a country tends toward the expansion of national domination and national ideas over a geographical area wider than national boundaries. Thus ancient Rome spread her rule and her system of government, together with her language and laws, first over the whole of Italy, then over Sicily, Northern Africa, Spain, Gaul and Greece. This, in brief, is the meaning of the word "Imperialism."
Passing over the ancient imperial states, such as Greece and Rome, we are perhaps now vitally interested in Spain because of her close proximity and relation to the British Empire. Spain first began her colonizing movement about the end of the fifteenth century with the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Her power soon extended over the southern part of this continent, taking in South America also. But her rule was not spreading in this direction alone. Besides her vast possessions in the New World, the Netherlands, Austria and Naples were under her control. Her king ruled the. Holy Roman Empire. Portugal, too, with her rich East Indian empire, fell to her lot. Yet simply because of her imperial system Spain failed utterly in the maintaining of so great an empire. Krom the first she had firmly regarded her new possessions as existing merely for her benefit. In the second place she undertook expansion on too wide a scale, her vast endeavors overtaxed her limited financial resources, and drained her of men. Then, too. the development of her colonies was sacrificed to dynastic interests on the continent of Europe. Lastly, the very mines of the New World were a source of decay.t h e s r o r u c n r Page Thirty-Nine
This wealth so easily obtained placed a premium on idleness, and industry and agriculture stagnated. With her commerce and her income shrinking, and her expenses growing, Spain even in the sixteenth century began to decline.
The next country to come to the front after the decline of Spain was France. By means of her early explorers, such as Cartier and Champlain, she, too, had obtained a footing in the New World, especially in the northern half. By means of her East India Company, site had obtained a firm and powerful position in India. Besides these colonies, she had vast possessions in Africa. Her empire was almost as large as that of Spain, and like the Spanish Empire it was doomed to failure because of tin* imperial system. In the first place, France insisted on introducing the feudal system into her colonies. Thus the peasant class, who constituted the greater and the more important part of the settlers, were forever under the control of seigniors (or landlords). Having no object to strive for they naturally did not work as hard as if the land had been their own. Another and more vital cause of failure was the fact that France interfered continuallv,
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even in the most local questions arising in the colonial government. This not only retarded the development of the colonies, but made them almost entirely dependent on the protection of the mother country. Hence, when France was called upon to light to retain her colonics she found them practically unable to protect themselves, and relying almost entirely upon her aid. This proved too prodigious a task for her undertaking and so when the final test came, the Seven Years' War with Great Britain, she, too, failed.
Because of the great expansion of her commerce, Germany found it almost necessary to enter the colonizing world. Unfortunately, however, this decision was made rather late and she found that nearly all the ground had been already taken. Yet she was able to form a few colonies, especially in Africa. But these have proved disappointing, undoubtedly because her system of petty officials and her police-sergeant methods hampered the colonists and induced them to move else­where. In fact, hundreds of thousands of Herman farmers have settled in the territory of other nations, and have changed their political allegiance. Then, too, the government of (lermany was, in a large measure, responsible for her failure as an imperial power. It was entirely too absolute, almost military in its character. No country can ever hope to succeed unless the people have some say in the gov­ernment. Hence in the light for supremacy in the World War, it was inevitable that (lermany should lose.
Perhaps it would be well at this point to stop and consider on what basis national greatness and power really depend. Spain, France and Germany have all failed because of their imperial systems; what, then, is true national greatness and power? This question is admirably answered by Viscount Milner: "It is not only armies and navies, though these have their functions to perform; it is not merely guns and fleets, though these, too, have their place: it is not merely a well- filled treasury and good credit; it is not merely high policy, though according as that is wise, prudent and far-seeing, or short-sighted, spasmodic, and impulsive, the value of guns, fleets and reserve funds may be greatly increased or diminished.
J say. ultimately, greatness and power rests in the peace and contentment of the mass of the people.”
With this belief as the creed of her imperial policy. Great Britain has retained her leadership in trans-marine expansion, and she is, undoubtedly, the greatest colonizing nation of today. The work of welding together and protecting her vast possessions has been carried on with unparalleled vigor. Much has been accom­plished in the developing of natural resources, in constructing internal improve­ments, and iii the bettering of the conditions of the natives. Few restrictions arePage Fort;/ TJ IE SPOTLIGHT
placed upon her colonies; in fact they are granted full powers of discretion, and a wide scope in which to exercise their initiative and enterprise. Then. too. colonies in which English-speaking people predominate have received the gilt of responsible government, while throughout the whole of her empire, just laws and equal opportunities for all have been consistent features of her policy- Herein lies the reason for the superiority of her imperial system, and the secret of her colonial success: She did not conquer countries merely for the sake of domination and aggrandizement, but also for the sake of advancing these countries along even- possible line of development which, tended toward their peace and contentment. This, as Viscount .Milner points out, is the basis of true national greatness and power.
•Another feature of her policy is the peace and unity maintained throughout her empire. Perhaps the most outstanding reason for such a tranquil relationship i> the Colonial Conferences. These are meetings of the representatives of the various parts of the empire to discuss matters of common interest and, consequently, to strengthen the ties binding the mother country and her colonies. These dominions, which arc, in themselves, nations, might have long since become separated from Britain but for the effectiveness of this one bond. Among the nations composing the world the same system could be used to promote peace and unity in tin- empire of the world. The League of Nations or some such organiza­tion would tend to strengthen the ties between nation and nation. By means of such conferences, the nations could work together in co-operation and settle dis­putes sanely without useless wars. In a word, it. would serve to promote eternal peace and unity in the empire of the world.
Well may the British Empire be cited as an example to the other nations in regard to world peace. Through many troublesome times, she has still remained the supreme naval and commercial power, the mistress of the seas. She has retained Canada, a valuable land, the gateway to the vast resources of the North West. Her claims in India have become firmly established. Nearly the whole comment.of Africa is under her power. The impregnable fortress of Gibraltar, the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea, has fallen into her hands. Besides this an entire continent, Australia, has been claimed in the name of her king. Profit­ing by the former mistakes of other imperial nations, the British Empire promises to he even vaster and more glorious than she is at the present time, and today she is the greatest empire the world has ever known.
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Grade IX a.THE SHOT LIGHT Page Forty-Three
CLASS NOTES S3
By The Class Reporters H %’
FROM “L'KCHO I)E IXa.”
Last year Lethbridge High School received a new set of pupils. These students formed the class IX v. and IXa. from the first was very good. The class was not noisy, not brainless, and not devoid ol athletic ability. Consequently it rose in might and contributed ofticers to the Junior Literary Society, players to “K’obin Hood,” and pupils to other functions. Kxams did not prove fatal to the class, and it is still at large, numbering about forty pupils.
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Miss Terrill: “McKillop, this is an example in subtraction. Seven boys went down to a pond to bathe, but two of them had been told not to go in. Now, can you tell me how many of them went in?"
McKillop: “Yes, ma'am. Seven!’’
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Catherine: "Mr. Pegrum said 1 had great talent as an inventor.”
M’arv: "What did he sav vou could invent?”
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Catherine: "He said 1 could invent morn new ways of spelling than anyone he’d ever known!" o o o o o
Lethbridge had a little school,
Its fame was white as snow,
And everywhere that IXa. went,
Its fame was sure to grow, ooooo
Mr. Brodic: “What can you tell me about nitrates?”
Harold: “For one thing, they are cheaper than day rates!"
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Mr. Pegrum was asking the antonyms of several words. “Now," he said, “what is the opposite of misery?”
"Happiness,” said IXa. in unison.
“And of sadness?” he asked.
“Gladness,” came the answer.
"And the antonvm of woe?”
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"Gee up!” roared delighted IXa. in high glee.
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Jessie was sent t<> a fashionable school (L. 11. S.) and was soon persuaded to change her name to Jessica. She wrote to her brother, signing herself bv her new name. Soon came the reply:
"Dear Jessica: I received vour welcome letter yesterday. Mamaica and Papaica are quite well. Aunt Maryica and Fncle Georgeica have gone to Calgary. I have got a new chum. His name is Samica Jonesica.
Your affectionate brother.
Tommica.”
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Mother: “I gave you a quarter yesterday to be a good bov, and now you are as bad as you can be!”
James: "Yes, I’m trying to show vou that vou got vour monev’s worth
vesterdav!”
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Mr. Pegrum: "How was Alexander I. of Russia killed?”
Hauser Elton (vaguely) : "By a bomb.”
Mr. Pegrum: "Be a little more explicit, please.”
Hauser (in desperation): “Well-er—you sec-er-it exploded!"
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Mr. Pegrum had been reproving Catherine Knight for her poor English. At last she ventured to reply: "How can you expect me to speak good English when you know I'm Scotch!" o <> <> o o
Mr. I’cgrum: "Who was Aristides?”
Doris: "An Egyptian battleship!"
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GRADE IXb.
Not being situated in the High School building, Grade IXit seems to be a class of which very little is beard. Nevertheless, we are all there with a ven­geance! As a whole our class of thirty-six students may he considered somewhat dull, and vet consider our vouth! Several of our bovs have not vet reached their "teens." and that is, indeed, a remarkable fact. Our boisterous spirits frequently overcome our natural desire for industry and quietness, and as a result of this our room often becomes slightly noisy between periods. However, we have our sentinel by the window to give warning of the next teacher’s approach. Although we may not appear to be industrious, wo are waiting for the final exams to prove that we have not wasted our first year in the L. II. S.
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GRADE IXI). CLASSROOM PARER
Ax Ode to the Litti.k Bovs Two good friends had Allan Gibson,
Singled out from all the others.
Bound to him in close friendship,
When to them he lends his homework Of his French and Composition;
Teddy Jarvis, smallest student,
And the clever minded Herbert,
Straight between them runs a contract To help with one another’s homework.
Other students, trouble makers,
Never find them glad to listen So bent are they on doing lessons;
Some they say are called French pronouns. Some the dreaded propositions Which they know without rehearsal.
And the students often pleading,
“Teach us memory work, Oh Herbert."
And on bended knees to Teddy,
“'reach us French, the verbs and pronouns.” And for Geometry to Allan,
Who they say is good at homework.
And these three broad minded students Exert all knowledge in their classroom, Which is known to all the public As the only lively Grade Nine In the dear old Lethbridge High School.Page Forig-Si.r n n : s p o t u a m
Gkadk IXc.TUB SPOTLIGHT Pay*’ Forty-Seven
Miss Terrill (t<> several in the classroom who were chewing gum): "All those who have gum put it in the basket.*'
Sandy, who was seen chewing, did not go to the basket to rid himself of the gum.
Miss Terrill: “Doesn't that refer to you also, Sandy?"
Sandv: “Yes. but I swallowed it!"
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It Couldn't He Helped
Horace: “My, Willie, your face is clean but how did your hands get so dirty ?"
Willie: “Washing my face."
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN lb'­ll* IXit. were smart.
If William Whittington made a mistake in Geometry.
If Jean didn't chew gum.
If Sandy didn’t sit at the back of the room.
If Miss Terrill forgot to give homework.
If Horace Holes would pay attention.
If Clarence Radley got a proposition right.
If Eric stood last.
If Algy Baines were fat. 9
If Teddy Jarvis and Willie Anderson were not present.
If James Wishart became clever.
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(JRADIO IXa.
Miss McNaughton: “Douglas, how much time do vou spend on your home­work?”
Douglas: “An hour per—"
Miss MeXaughtou: “Per what?"
Douglas: “Perhaps." o o o o o
Mr. Hrodie: “Hilly, what is average?"
Hilly: “IPs something a hen lays on."
Mr. Hrodie: “Explain yourself, sir."
Billy: “Well, 1 can't explain it. sir. but I know our old hen lays an average, of three eggs a week.” „ 0 o o o
Percy: “What makes that red spot on your nose?"
Jim: “Glasses.”
Percy: “Glasses of what?"
GRADE IXc.
IXc. is a happy little class located in the north-east corner of the school. It is composed of thirty pupils, of whom fourteen are girls and sixteen boys. There are five windows on the north side, blackboards on the east and south walls, and on the west wall are hooks on which the pupils hang their coats and hats. Miss Pudifin is the form teacher and rules the class with an iron hand. The busiest days for IXc. come with examinations. Gong hours of preparation clearly show their results in the fatigue of the pupils. Hut the results of these tests show, as will those of the final examinations, that IXc. has as many clever students
* * V as the other grades.
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Miss Pudifin: “Bertha, can you name a city in Alaska?”
Bertha: "No’m.”
Miss Budilin: "That’s right.”
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Karl by: "Why does a fireman wear red suspenders?”
James: "I don't know.”
Karl by: “To keep up his trousers, of course.”
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TIIE I NhlCKV TEN Ten little history students sitting in a line.
One couldn't answer up and then there were nine.
Nine little students got out their history slates.
One left his at home and then there were eight.
Eight little students studied till eleven.
One played truant and then there were seven.
Seven little students looking in an index.
One got the wrong page and then there were six.
Six little students tried to learn to dive.
One didn't come up and then there were five.
Five little students went to swim ashore.
One lost his history and then there were four.
Four little students went out to tea.
One missed his history prep, and then there were three. Three little students thought they Persia knew,
One contradicted and then there were two.
Two little students set out to see the Somme,
One never got there and then there was one.
One little student thought he’d study some,
He got a brain wave and then there were none.
JUNIOR COMMERCIAL
The work of this class during the past year has been fairly satisfactory. Stand­ing at the head of the class after the Christmas examinations we find Boy Harrison first, with an average of 79%, and Chrissie Horn second with an average of 77.6$ .
A certificate for typing has been won by Thomas Gant for twenty-five words a minute.
Junior Commercial was represented in the play “Robin Hood,” put on by the Junior Litcrarv Socictv, liv three of the students.
During the cold weather Commercials shone in hockey. The boys' team and the girls* team were picked from both juniors and seniors. The next athletic activity was basketball, and the last will be our girls' baseball team.
0 0 0 0 O
Miss Conn: “Ronald, I want you t«> use 'deducts* in a sentence.”
Ronald: "I went down to de pond to see do ducks!"
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Neighbor: “So your son got his B.A. and M.A.?”
Fa tiler: “Yes! but his P.A. still supports him!”
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Mr. Pegrum: “Mis^^uick, I want you to tell me who sir Isaac Brock was/* Pansy (absently) : “Oh, he was the man who posed for Brock’s monument.**
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“Your son is learning the piano. Is he musical?”
"No. but its good practice for him, as he will have to learn typewriting!”Skmob Com m hrcial
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What Would Haptkn If Warren got 100% in rapid calculation?
If Pansy forgot to talk?
if we all got our shorthand perfect?
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“Didn’t your daughter pass her examination
“No. Why, the examiners asked her questions about things which happened before she was horn !” o o o o o
Teacher (to pupil): “You have spelled this word with two 'tV: you must omit one."
Pupil: “Yes sir; or------which one?"
o o o o o
A is for all of us still as mice,
B is for Bernice who is very nice,
(’ is for Cecil not very tall,
I) is for David, not very small.
K is for Klizabeth with her bobbed hair,
F is a letter for everyone fair;
(i is for (Jordon, that silly hoy,
II is for Herbert and homework galore.
I is for Ivy, that climbing plant,
.1 is for Jean whom we know is a vamp.
K is for Kathleen, so small and demure,
L is for Lily, the flower so pure.
M is for Myrtle, not so slow,
K is for nobody that we know.
0 is for Oda, the writer of this,
P is for Pansy, a demure little miss.
Q is for quickness when Mr. Pegrum comes in,
H is for Hoy who is a little thijj,.
S is for Sidney, who docs homework at night,
T is for Tom who knows how. fo*type.
(' is for us, a happy buneH^
Y is for Vera, who eats^Mrig lunch.
W is for Warren, who his shorthand should tend.
Y is for vou with whom we shall end.
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SENIOR COMMERCIAL
Last October an important change occurred in the Lethbridge High School. The Commercial department moved over to the building formerly occupied by the Kindergarten. This building has two rooms upstairs, one of which is used for the juniors, and the other for the senior and special classes. Downstairs is a spacious typing room, with thirty-six machines, which accommodates a class at a time, with plenty of room for each student. The other room downstairs is used as a girls* cloakroom.
We might say that the Commercials have greatly henefitted by this change, and they are getting along nicely in their new quarters.
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Harold M.—“Mv Ford is always bothering me. The wheels fall off, the gas tank leaks, and the engine drops out. What remedy would you suggest?”
Mr. Wade- “After careful consideration I would suggest that you buy a car.’’Page Fifhj-Tivo TUI: SPOT LI (HIT
ODE TO DUTY
Shade of Isaac Pitman, can you rest
While I in torments groan?
Mv struggles with your shorthand would
Draw pity from a stone!
Strokes, hooks and curves, they Jill my brain,
And dancing in a maze
Are circles turning forward
And “kays” and "gays'' and "jays.”
In lesson ten the word signs
Alone might hurst a brain!
Such maddening signs, and so alike
They make me quite profane.
Hut—nightmare! worse than all the rest
Is when I hear it said:
"Take down this test." At this request
My heart grows sick with dread.
The words stream on; with horrid stare
J sit and gnaw my pen,
My brain seems fixed, my thoughts are mixed,
I write down one in ten.
My book, in spite of earnest thought
Is scored with flaming red!
I blush with shame, and Kiss Conn sighs
And sadlv shakes her head.
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She helps me out, she helps me on,
She*s patient without fail;
To her its due if I pull through.
And live to tell the tale! C. F.
0 0 O 0 O
First Student: "I hear your brother is taking lessons on the violin. Is he making progress?"
Second Student: “Yes, indeed! He’s got so far now we can tell whether he's tuning or playing!"’
O O O O O
XKKDBD : MoKK I X l-’Olt.M \T10X Lawyer: "What is your occupation ?”
Witness: "I am a piano finisher.”
Lawyer: “Be a little more definite; do you polish them or move them?”
oooo o What Hai.kksh Did
Mike and Michael were engaged in' an animated conversation about history in general, and eventually about Sir Walter Raleigh in particular.
"IL' was a wonderful man,” said Mike, “but I don’t remember what he did to become famous.”
"I know,” replied Michael, proudly; “he invented smoke!”
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Teacher: “Transparent objects are those we can see through. Give me an example.”
Pupil: "A ladder!”
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First Student: “What do you work at after school?”
Second Student: “Oh. at intervals.”m i : s p o t u a i i T Payr Fifty-Three
FROM *LE PAPIER DE Xa.”
Last September a joyous group of would-be students gathered together to form the now-famous tirade X \. The majority of tiiis roomful of forty pupils was formerly the late IXa. grade, although rather diminished in number by the departmental exams.
X'ot only are we a joyous class, but also distinguished in educational, literary and athletic lines. We lead the other two Grade Tens in “scliolarism.” Then we have iti our possession, for one year, the L. II. S. junior athletic championship banner. Then, on the literary side of the school activities, we had a member of our class on the debating team, which made a notable attempt to have the Ruther­ford debating cup lengthen its stay in tin* L. 11. S.
The doings of this lively class, under the supervision of Mr. Sweet, cannot be wholly dealt with here, but if you will but turn to our picture in this magazine you will observe a very energetic "tribe,” some of whom are later to become the leading men and women of the coining generation.
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The Seven* Woxdriis of Xa.
I. Dot Terrill’s voice.
II. Harvey Good's occupation of winking.
III. Hugh Law ford's enormous height.
1 V. "Bud” MeKiHop’s eloquence of speec h.
V. Marvin Smith's Physics.
VI. Teresa Bader’s unlimited knowledge.
YIT. John Muir's argumentative powers.
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Ode to Harvey Good Girls to the rear o’ me,
Girls to the side o' me,
Girls all around me
Gabble and chatter.
Vainly 'midst all that din Strove 1 hard not to sin.
And keep all my laughter in At their fool chatter.
Aye, girls on every side,
Tall girls, short, slim, and wide,
Moved round in ceaseless tide Mangled together.
Oh ! such a noisiness;
They talked o’er each other's dress.
On all things great or less,
E’en on the weather.
ooooo What Would Happen If Xa. were quiet?
If Ilarvcv Good made a mistake in Latin?
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If Miss McXaughton forgot to give homework?
If Marvin Smith answered a question in Physics correctly?
If Jean Galbraith didn’t have a question?
If "Bud” McKillop were thin ami Alex McKinnon fat?
If Yirnie Harris were the size of Helen Hocking?Page Fifty-Four THE SPOTUf i / IT
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Tub Book Worm’s Error
.Mr. Sweet: "Corinne, can you tell me who built Rome?”
Corinne Fox (the book-shark of tin* room): "Yes sir, Romeo and .Juliet.”
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Our Comui.ete Debt
Mr. Watson: "We borrowed our numerals from the Arabs, our calendar from the Romans, and our banking from the Italians. Can anyone think of any other examples?"
(*\ven Nicholson: "Our lawn mower from the Smiths, our snow shovel from the Jones’s, and our baby buggy from the Browns.”
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Louie
"Well, Addie!” said Marvin Smith the other day, "you are getting very bent. Why don't you stand up straight like me?"
"Eh!” said Adam Donaldson, "do you see that field of corn over there??
“I do,” answered Marvin. "What of it?”
"Oh well.” was the reply, "you’ll notice that the full heads hang down and the empty ones stand up.” o o o o o
Waiter !
Miss McXaughton, entering Xa. late and in a hurry: "Order, please.” Doris Dunham, sleepily: "llam sandwich, please!”
GRADE Xh.
Grade Xb. is, and has been, what one might term a "movin’ class.” When we entered the High School to begin the second year’s grind we were separated and placed, half in the little white schoolhouse and half in the room now occupied by IX.v. After a short time, however, we were happily reunited in the IXa. room. Our sojourn here was destined to he short, for we commenced a journey which led us through every room in the school, but finally we were escorted to our present site. Here we move very little until the teacher leaves the room, and then our buoyant spirits naturally prove to be present. However, we are proud of the reputation of being one of the liveliest classes in the "Hi," and, at the same time, a class of diligence, industry and cleverness.
o o o o o Xb. "EAR-SPLITTER"
Favorite Sonus Suitable koi: Xu.
1. "1 Ain’t Xobodv’s Darling."—Clancv Davidson.
2. "Dumbells.”—The row bv the west window.
3. "10very Night I Cry Myself to Sleep Over You." Examination Marks.
4. "What’ll I Do?”—(Jwen. Bowman.
5. "Sleep.”—John Jamieson. IT. J.
o o o o o Wouldn't It Be Funny to See:
Rijg. Myers rejoicing over lot)'* in a literature exam?
John Jamieson looking down two feet to the top of Clancy’s head?
Everett Cameron in a deep, booming voice, telling Chip Woods to do his homework for him?
Blanche Blackbourne tipping the scales at a hundred and ninety pounds? Jack Weller in short pants and his hair parted in the middle?
Theodora Ostlund in a shrill piping voice, stumbling over the big words in “Tale of Two Cities”?
Gwen. Bowman with long, golden curls?” S. B.Page Fifii/->i.r m i : SPOTLIGHT
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Mother: "Howard, what in the world arc you pinching the baby for?” Howard: "Oh, we’re just playing motor ear and he’s tlu* horn!'’
ooooo Jack: “Where do you get your jokes. Sam?"
Sam: “Oh. just out of air."
Jack: “Well, I suggest that you get some fresh air!"
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Mr. Brodie: “Reed, name twelve animals of the Polar regions.”
Reed: “Six seals and six Polar hears!"
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Miss Me Vaught on: "Wo have no literature homework except those nine
questions, half a dozen extracts and three pages of memory work."
Mr. Wilson: "Now. all together, one at a time, answer my question."
Mr. Lonsberry: "How many are interested in baseball?”
Mr. Sweet: "I’d just like to ask a few questions, now.”
Miss Terrill: "Pm only having you do six compositions this week, as I don’t
want any of them more than ten pages."
Mr. Watson: "I'm sorrv to disturb vour class, Mr. Wilson, but I’d like to
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speak to the pupils a few minutes,” etc. etc. S. B.
FROM THE “Xc TIMES”
Tex c.
Boys and girls in dear Ten C Are as quiet as can be,
Except when" hey make a noise,
Which refers but to the boys.
They arc’Ntudions and bright,
And their answers always right.
And their Literature thev cover.
* Else they larks,
Marjorie flirts with the boys.
But John's the one who makes the noise. I-eonard Roy's the great historian.
Physics is what John Woloschuk glories in. Alwin Alexander does nothing I guess; John Klovinski docs much less.
Poor Clarence Larson I almost forgot,
Can we forget him? I should think not ! For Mike and Clarence being a pair,
Must in this song each take a share.
.Vow if your name is not in this song.
Don’t get alarmed and think it is wrong;
11 just won’t fit itself into the rhyme.
And it must be left until the next time.Paradi: XI.v
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GRADE XIa. NOTES
The Eleven A. class of tin- present school year lias failed t<> uphold the tra­dition of former classes of tlu* same numeral and letter. We are commonly known to he “weak in arithmetic." However, in non-eurricular spheres our members have shone more brilliantly. The ‘“Merchant of Venice” cast included a number of pupils from our room. The leading roles were taken by Anna Sandquist and St. Clair Rivers. Other members of the class prominent in the production of this play were Donald Buchanan, Robt. Crawford, Gordon Wilson, John Watson, Ralph .McKenzie. Stuart Wright and Kenneth Jamieson.
In the debate with Medicine Hat in November (Jordon Wilson and St. Clair Rivers took part with great credit t<> themselves and t<> XIa.
In athletics we must mention the achievement of Mary Hamilton in winning the Girls’ Intermediate Championship in the sports on Field Day. Mary and Kvellyn Williams were memU-rs of the girls' basketball team which won the Provincial Championship, after a series of games with Raymond and Medicine Hat schools.
In the boys' sports George Spirou took a prominent part, being a star forward on the city league basketball team.
(Jordon Wilson was president of the Literary Society in the second term, and in an inter-class debate at one of the meetings Helen James and Douglas Robison were successful in winning the judge’s favorable decision.
All th XIa. boys took part in the hockey games in the inter-class league.*
At present the members of the class are studying away, preparing for the departmental examinations. We hope that next year we may all be members of Grade XI1.
0 0 0 0 0 TWENTY YEARS HENCE
1 tottered slowly along the street for since my attack of rheumatism I had never been able to walk steadily. Yes, Lethbridge had changed since 1925. Oil derricks towered above the homes everywhere. Oh, you didn’t hear about the oil I loom at Lethbridge? Well, it was this way. Doug. Robison was digging potatoes in his back yard, when suddenly, lo and behold, he struck oil. That started it. The whole city has gone oil crazy. Doug, became tremendously rich and was raised from the position of gardener to editor of the magazine, "Helpful Hints to Students.” Of course that is just a side line for he is up to his neck in oil.
••Reg pardon, sir! I didn’t mean to bump into you, sir! Honest Mr. Policeman, I didn't. My stars! Let me pump your handle, Clair;—so you’re a policeman now. Well, well, Clair, not changed at all—same lovely rosy com­plexion—but that white moustache! It dues make you look dignified though (you never used t<>. you know); Come down to your place tonight? I'd just love to. Thanks awfully, I'll he there at 8 p.m. sharp. Well, he’s gone now. poor thing; he used to be such a nice looking chap—how age does change a person— of course 1 tried to flatter him."
(Lapse of time).
"So this is where Clair lives, eh? Not a had looking place. How d'do Mrs. Rivers. Oh, you’re having a real party tonight. I'm so glad: I may meet some of mv old friends. By the way. Mrs. Rivers, where's Allan Mackey? What? he and Ralph McKenzie are hunting lions in Africa."Page $i.rl!/-'/'tvo THE SPOTLIGHT
"There's tin; door bell. I wonder who it is? Who is that fat ladv? Her
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face is familiar, its—its Lois Sylvester. Such pretty children as those two are. Fine looking children you have Lois—oh, I beg your pardon. I didn't know they weren't yours. So you're matron of an orphanage, and these are two of the orphans? I’m so sorry I made such a slip. Who is that comely looking lady coming up the steps? Cat’s pyjamas! Surely not Leola! She is changed. A fair divorcee? I'm shocked! But who is this coming now? Surely not Johnny Watson! Johnny's mavor of the city—why, do von remember hack in 1925 in an algebra test he got—sh !—he’s too close. I'll tell you later.
“Yes, Clair, I’d love to meet a real stage dancer. Caroline Star -oh, that’s just a stage name. You don’t mean it Clair, honest Clair, not Stella from 1925, back in school. That reminds me, 1 haven’t seen George Spirou. Where and what is he now? A movie star! The villain or hero? The hero part—well, well!
"What's that man doing over there. One. two. three, four, ski]) two, knit three, plain, two purl, one, two, three, four, slip stitch over, two purl, one, two. three, lour, plain, knit--oh, saints defend us -Bob Crawford! 'Faking up knitting as a life work. That’s right, back in 1925 he got full in an arithmetic test and since then In- has taken up knitting, where In* can apply his mathematics. It’s t<>" much -dinner is served.”
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"HOW TO TIK A BOW T1K OX A TlWKDo COLLAR”
Ily George Spirou
Hold the tie in your left hand and the collar in your right. Slip your reck into the collar and run the left hand end of the tie over the right with the left hand. Then drop both ends, catching the left end with the right hand, the right end with the left hand. Reverse hands and pick up the loose erd with the nearest hand. Pull this end through the loop with the unengaged hai <1 and squeeze. This ties the bow. As a finishing touch disentangle the hands.
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The Minister: “Would you care t<> join us in our new missionary move­ment
?”
Evellvn: "Yes, I'd love to. Is it anything like a fox-tro ?”
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She: “Can you drive with one hand?”
Allan: “You bet I can!”
She: "Then pick up my glove.”
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Mr. Sweet: "In what battle did (Jen. Wo'fe say, ‘1 die happy ?”
Mary: "I think it was in his last battle.”
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Mr. Wilson, impatiently, during Chemistry class: “Miss Martin, is oxygen combustible or not ?''
Marjorie, with an air of vast knowledge: “Well, it combusts.”
Mr. Wilson, by this time exasperated: "You know, Miss Martin. I wish I had a nice lillle chair up here for you.”
Marjorie, coming back from dreamland: "Were you speaking to me?”
Mr. Wilson: "Xo, Miss Martin, 1 wouldn’t dare to.”THE SPOT LI (HIT Page Sixty-Three
FROM THE -XII). VOX”
Judging by the absence of shields and banners in our classroom, one might
be inclined to sav that tirade XIn is not a very talented or ambitious class. How- % •
ever, appearances are very deceiving in this ease for. although we have received none of these tokens as yet, we have contributed a member to tin* Senior Girls' basketball team which has won the provincial championship, and also, two of our boys belong to the Senior Bovs' basketball team.
But athletics are not the onlv source of fame, for consider our contribution to
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“The Merchant of Venice." Half the caste, including some of the leading char­acters. was chosen from our room.
Our members will soon have the opportunity to gain distinction upon the occasion of the June examinations. The reporter wishes her classmates all success.
Extracts from Exam. Papers:
(1) Lord Macaulay suffered from gout, and wrote all his poems in iambic
feet.
(2) Many ships use Calcutta as a coaling station—hence the term "Black Hole of Calcutta.'
(3) 'I’be cold at the North i'ole is so great that the towns there are not inhabited.
(1) Magna Charta said that the king was not to order taxis without the consent of parliament.
(5) The Pope called Henry VIII. "Lido the Offensive.”
(G) Simon de Montfort was a true Englishman because he fought against the king and put him in prison.
(?) The Duke of Marlborough was a great general, who always commenced a battle with the fixed determination to win or lose.
(S) William ordered his archers to shoot at the thickest pari of the English, so they shot upwards so that the arrows might fall on the Englishmen’s heads.
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The following experiment was conducted in XIn one day between periods: Object—To determine whether or not Mr. Harold I’ubbra is ticklish. Apparatus—A desk. Harold and Gordon.
Method- Gordon drapes Harold artistically and gracefully over desk, placing him on bis back. 'I'b.- former then vigorously applies fingers to latter’s ribs, meanwhile holding down unwilling, struggling, essential part of apparatus.
Obserration— Victim protests, giggles, laughs, howls, waves legs frantically about in atmosphere while face turns a purplish scarlet.
Conclusion--Mr. Kubbra is ticklish//
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Teacher Joe: "At "Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?” the
bottom!" o oooo
Mr. Brodie: "Gordon, what is steel wool!'"
Gordon: "The fleece of a hydraulic ram, sir!"
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"if anything should go wrong with this experiment,” exclaimed Mr. Wilson, in chemistry lab., "we’ll all be blown sky high! Come a little closer and follow me!” o o o o o
Teacher: "What is the meaning of the word •excavate'?"
Cleve: "To hollow out."
Teacher: "Correct. Now use the word in a sentence."
Cleve: "Stick a pin in a bov and he will excavate."Gkadk XIb.
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Mr. Ijonsberrv: "Glanville, what is a circle?”
George: “A circle is a round line with no kinks in it, joined up so as not to show where it began!” ooooo
Mr. Wilson: “What is the difference between heat and cold?”
Donald: “Heat makes things expand and cold makes them contract."
Mr. Wilson: "Can yon give an example?”
Donald: “In summer when it is hot the days are long. In winter they contract because it is cold!” o o o o o
Claude: "Dorothy, which would you rather have, apple pie and cheese, macaroni and cheese, or cheese alone?"
Dorothy: “Cheese alone, of course!”
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Teacher: “And what happened next, Bernice, after the great glacier had passed over the continent?”
Bernice: "I don’t remember!”
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Thu Tkx Com m ax dm i:\ts of Chemistry
1 Remember that thou forgettest not the definition of chemistry.
2 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's deflagrating spoon nor his matches nor his test tubes, for if thou dost, thy worthy teacher will jump upon thy sinful neck.
2 Thou shall refrain from weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, when thou hearest the declaration, "we will now have a quiz!”
•} Thou shalt love thy teacher as thyself.
5 Thou shalt commit to memory the law of definite proportions, likewise sundry other laws, lest at any moment thou mayest arouse the righteous wrath and indignation of thy learned wisdom-giver.
(i Thou shalt not direct thy test tube towards thy neighbor's face.
7 Thou shalt refrain from endeavoring to test the odor of the queer, mys­terious concoctions which thy instructor prepareth.
S Thou shalt not cast thy matches upon the floor.
9 Thou shalt not neglect thy homework.
10 Thou shalt honor thv teacher’s name and obev his every command, lest thy days he short in thy fellow pupils' chemistry lab.
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Lost and Found
LOST—One Saturday at the Arena, my balance. Kinder please return to 0. O’Leary.
FOl’XI)—About fifteen years ago, a large bump of curiosity. Readers arc requested not to apply unless certain of ownership, as Mr. .foe Lakie has grown quite accustomed to the use of this object.
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Xfusury Rhyme Sing a song of school days That will soon be o'er ;
Soon we'll be regretting Days that are no more;
Soon we'll have to go to work,
And when that lime arrives,
None ( f us must dodge or shirk,
But a< t fair all our lives.
K. M.Payv Si.rlj/Si.r Till: SPOT LI (HIT
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THE HISTORY OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1925
A FTER four years spent in the pursuit of learning, the graduating class of 1925 is now ready to go out and ‘’conquer the world.” As to our ability to perforin this colossal task, we will allow our record in the future to speak for itself.
Jn the year 1921, upon first entering the High School, we felt extremely timid. The grade was soon organized into two classes, IXa and IXb, on a basis of languages taken, and in the competition which sprang up between the classes, all of our timidity was forgotten. We were duly initiated by the seniors and took our punishment like true sportsmen.
The Junior Literary Society was organized and able executives were elected. We put on no play, but our programs were the envy of the Senior Literary Society. Oral composition societies were organized in both classes, and thus many brilliant orators were developed.
In Grade x the division of classes still prevailed. Grade Xu was a peaceful, and as a rule, a silent grade. Grade X \, however, won undying fame as Miss Kaubach’s “model class," daily engaging in morning prayer.
We also distinguished ourselves in athletics. One of our members, William Hay. won the Senior Championship and broke two records.
The oral composition societies, profiting by previous experience, did excellent work throughout the year. Both classes had room papers of a high standard. Furthermore, Grade X.v became the proud possessors of a motto, "I incit fjui sese vincit” which they succeeded in living up to.
The third year was marked by the presentation of the play, "Mr. IVrriehon's Journey,” which proved very successful, the proceeds being used for the "Spot­light.”
For the first term Elsie Ahrens made an efficient secretary for the Literarv
•
Society. Another member of the class, Hilly Ewert, won honor for the grade by being on the provincial debating team, and helped to win the Rutherford Cup. William Hay again won the senior athletic championship.
Our oral composition societies. “The Declamation Club” of Grade XI \ and “The Oral Composition Society” of Grade X I it, were conducted by Miss Mawdslev and Miss Moir. Both classes had papers, which proved very successful and made various contributions to the "Spotlight.”Character Sketches of Qrade XII
Name
Nickname
Noted For
Epoch in Life
Favorite Occupation
Chief Ambition
Elsie Alirens
Toothpick
Edith Judd
“Rube”
Arguing
A suffragette
Edith Ball
“Clitic”
Chatter, chatter
Silent once
Basketball
Physical directress
Edna Bernard
“Ciggies”
Her quiet manner
Failed in an exam— once!
Iiulustrielle indus- trieux
School inarm
Anna Best
Hestic
‘Vincit qtii sese vincit*
Passed her Chemistry exam.
Latin
Latin teacher
Lome Blackbourne
Shortyf
Brains
Boots size (4) ?
Working
Ph.D. at 16
Joseph Carson
Sheik
His pomp
Bill Hay
Getting his homework done
Grow sideburns
Alex. Clarke*
Alexander Moicbry
Left Latin class in mid-term
11is part in the Grade XII play
Doin' nothin’
Lev. Alexander Mowbrv
Clarke, D.I).
Gladys Green
Clad
Her elocution
“Zekc”
' '
Sleeping
Keep on sleeping
Biatricc Hall
lice
Her curls
Singing at the Lit.
Talk and talk and talk
Prima donna
William Ilay
Cutium cutiorum
I. 0. 1). E. essays
“Our play”
Athletics, flirting (?)
Take place of the “Arrow” collar man
Edith Judd
Dcdc
Elsie Ahrens
Offered Mr. Wilson a sucker (Grade XL)
Giggling
Marry a millionaire
Ronald Glasgow
Hatch
His Bddlc-ing
Born in Glasgow
Quizzing Miss M.
None
Bertha Kubicek
Kubic
Her wisdom
Bohhed her hair
Working
School mistress
PageSixly-Eujhf T1IE SPOTLIGHTCharacter Sketches of Qracle XII.
rne) Blackbourne won the heavyweight championship last evening when he defeated 'Rusty' Clarke in the third round."
I was beginning to feel faint. To regain my composure, I regarded the picture of a beautiful girl attired in a bathing suit. She was posing as if about to dive, while she smiled to the camera over her shoulder. It was Helen Me- K i I lop. She had just won a swimming championship !
Again I turned the pages of the paper, this time stopping at the advertising section. The first thing I saw was,—
"It. KTijickk II. Fi.ktchkk ('h iro praetors
Bones Fixed While Volt Wait."Page. N evenly-Tiro THE SPOTLIGHT
Ami right underneath, this,—
“Men's Haberdashery
Conte and hare your purple sorbs mat cited with our new ties Proprietor - - A. Larson”
I glanced farther down and saw,—
“J. Morris - - Confectionery Stork All binds of Trait and Candy Try Joe's Gum—The Flavor Lasts’’
As a final resort, I turned to the theatrical page. A large headline instantly
attracted my attention,—
“Added Attractions to Ori’hbum Bill Esther Ivumlin, famous soprano vocalist, and Miss Gladys Green, eccentric dancer; also Miss C. Peterson, famous Chautauqua reader and elocutionist.”
This is what I read next,—
“At Last It Has Come ! !
The Cternal Polygon
The famous hook written by Edith Marion Judd Nancy, the leading role, is to be played bv plump, winsome,
Elsie Willamine Ahrens Added Attraction
Ronald Glasgow, the children’s favorite, in a screamingly funny comedv
“Teacher’s Pet”
For one awful moment 1 stared, dazedly at this last inscription. Then the letters began to dance before my eyes. The paper slipped from my lifeless hand. The room whirled round me. Gradually everything became black as I slowly slipped into oblivion. C. SMEATON.
FROM THE "XII ZENITH”
We compare Grade XJJ to a ship sailing on a deviating course over the Sea of Knowledge. Our teachers (blessed guardian spirits!) fly before us, pointing lo the dim, blue, distance, ever crying “Excelsior!” Our captain, Ix>rne Black- bourne, leads us unerringly past the reefs of geometry, algebra and trigonometry, which lie off the coast of the foreign land called Higher Mathematics. He is aided by that efficient first mate, Alexander Clarke. Christina Smeaton, with her wide knowledge of the chart, advises the captain of certain shoals to be found near the island called History. When tin? dense fogs of chemistry surround us. obstructing our vision and endangering our frail bark, our resounding fog horn, Ronald Glasgow, raises his warning note, often prolonging it to the discomfiture of our guardian spirits, especially Miss Mawdsley. The rest of us aid our ship toward the goal by exerting our utmost strength at the oars, which when in need of repair, are mended by the ready assistance of .Joe Morris and his gum.
Fellow students of Grade XII. our heart’s desire and prayer to Neptune is that we may soon reach the dim shore of culture, and may be accounted worthy to associate with the highest. C. S.
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The history class seemed deep in slumber. Mr. Sweet surprised them by saying: “Miss Judd, who was Louis XVI?”
Miss Judd thought awhile, then answered very smartly: “Oh, he was the one who was gelatined, wasn’t he?”THE SPOTLIGHT Page Seventy-Three
Answers to Exams
A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle, or as Allan would say, a circle is a straight line of no depth running around a dot forever.
Herrings go about the sea in shawls.
in India a man out of one cask cannot marry a woman out of another cask. Horse power is the distance one horse can carry a pound of water in an hour.
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Mr. Brodie in zoology exam: “What belongs to the class ‘Mammalia’?” Bright young thing answers: “Animals that have mammas.”
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A lady once asked Allan Rid path: “Allan dear, do you like to go to school?” “Yes mam,” answered he, “and I like to come home too, but I don’t like staying there between times.”
ooooo if you have your homework done,
Pass it on.
Let it travel down the aisle,
Let it go in any style,
Pass it on.
’Twas not meant for you alone,
But for all to have it done;
Pass it on. ooooo Play and the crowd plays with you,
Study and you study alone;
Dance and the crowd dances with you,
But sing, and they all run home, ooooo Our Yell
Themistocles, I )emosthencs,
The Peloponnesian War!
X2, Y2, 112, SOI.
The Latin Book, the French Book,
The Ancient Historv,
L.H.S.! L.H.S.! On to victory, ooooo Sis.: “Say, brother, get my watch upstairs.”
Bro.: “Aw, wait; it’ll run down.”
Sis.: “Ours is a winding stair case.”
ooooo The telephone rings. “Hello.”
“Hello, is Roo there?”
“Boo who?”
“Don’t cry, little girl; I guess I have the wrong number.”
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Teacher: “Now, Joe Morris, will you give me another word ending in ‘ous,’ such as hazardous—full of hazard-—or dangerous, full of danger?”
Joe thought for a moment and then joyfully exclaimed: “Pious—full of pie!”
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Ronald—“I want a book for a high school boy.”
“How about Fielding?”
Ronald—“1 dunno. Cot anything on base running?”Pay ‘ > eren I y-Ton r T/li: SPOTLIGHT
ALUMNI
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TT 111C EDITOR of the Spotlight is fortunate in having had the assistance of
Miss J. Conn. Miss K. 'I'errill, Miss Hilda Morris. Miss J. Pipes. Mr. Michael S. Bennett, Mr. Carl Sandquist and other graduates of the school in gathering together items concerning present activities of some of the graduates of recent years. A full list of graduates is of course beyond the limits of our space. We honor the memory of those ex-students of former years whose names appear on the honor roll which hangs in the hall of our school building. The following items will call to mind the school days of graduates, from one or two of the classes of 1913 and 1 !> 1 -1 to more comprehensive lists of those attending school in the last year or two.
CLASS OK 1913
Former students of the Lethbridge High School will be interested in the career of James A. Maxwell, who graduated m 1913, and is now one of the Pro­fessors of Keonomies at Clark Cniversity, Worcester, Mass., C.S.A.
After leaving high school his experiences were as follows:
October 4, 19 lo—Enlisted in the 85th Battalion.
October 13, 19 Hi- Went overseas.
February 10. 1017—Went to France.
May 7, 1018—Slightly wounded.
Received D.C.M. at Amiens.
August 22, 1018—Sent over to England. Here he took a course at Bexhill and received his commission.
duly, 1019—Returned home.
After his return he attended Dalhousie College for the terms of 1010-20 and 1020-21. In May 1021 he received his B.A. degree with distinction.
During the terms 1021-22 and 1022-23, and the fall of 1023. he attended Harvard University where he received his M.A. degree and other honors, and also passed his examinations for a Ph.I). degree in Economics. He worked on his Thesis during the first eight months of 1021 and in September secured the position which he now holds.
CLASSES OK 1914-1917
"IFhere is now /he merry yarly We remember long ago?"
From the classes of 1014-1017 a number are in our immediate vicinity, fol­lowing more or less peacefully the common round and daily task. These include Cahhik Cook Married and living in the Hat.
Kate Biiodii:- Ditto but living on a farm near Lethbridge.
Jennie King—Teaching in Coaldale.
Khancks Dunswohtii—Teaching in Edmonton.
( atmi-:hink McPiiice—Now Mrs. Emil Sick.
Jessie Robison Whose husband, (leorge Watson, i.- principal of the Coal- hurst school,
Dor Livingstone—Married and living happily as Mrs. Paul Jones.
Davina Sang—A successful primary teacher,
Those who have won distinction farther afield are:7 7 / / ; SPOTLIGHT Page Sevenhj-Five
Arthur Morgan—Who, after the war, entered Alberta University, where In- won a scholarship in French which gave him a year of study in France. lie is now teaching at Cowley.
Hoxik A km strong Who graduates this spring from Berkeley.
Clarence htrcB- Graduate of the I'niversitv of Michigan and pursuing his vocation of electrical engineer.
JIICN'HY .Johnson- Last heard of Living in Los Angeles, after graduating in chemical engineering from Ann Arbor.
Arthur Scroggib—Graduated from I'niversitv of Alberta—now taking a post-graduate course there.
Aij.ekn Dunham and Wai.kkr Dunham—Who have both won honors in Lethbridge “High," Alberta "\ " and Fnglish colleges.
GLASS OF 1918
The members of the class of 1918 of the Lethbridge High School are making good progress on the road to fame. The following are but a few of the members of the class who arc contributing to this good record:
JTKitisEit'r McUlenaghax—Graduated from M.eGill University in 1923, and is now carrying on a very successful dental practice in Flint. Michigan.
IIazkl Keith—Graduated from Brandon College in 1923, and is now teaching school in this city.
Dokothy Stafford—Graduated from Alberta I'niversitv in 1923 and is now successfully holding a position with one of the leading law firms of the city.
Norman Higixbotham Is studying for an M.D. degree in McGill and is now in his seventh year and doing well.
Francis Virtue—Graduated from St. Luke's Hospital, New York, in 1921. Is now Mrs. Norris Stolt/.e and has a young son—Frank Virtue Stolt/.e.
Hamilton Brodik Attended the L. of Alberta two years and then com­pleted his course in medicine at McGill in 1923. After which he took some post­graduate work in New York and Washington. He is now practicing in the hospital at Ponoka.
Max Moscovnrii—Attended McGill, studied law, and is now a member of the bar in Lethbridge.
Mabel Hyssop—Who will be remembered for her athletic prowess, is holding a position in one of the leading drug stores of the city.
CLASSES OP' 1919-20-21
Violet Bennett—After teaching two years, married and is now living in Portland, Ore.
Elsie Fowi.er—Taught in Lethbridge for two years. Now teaching in Trenton, Out.
Alice Fairfield—Graduated from L. of A. in Household Economics in 1924. Is now Mrs. Strickland, of Edmonton, and has one daughter.
Roy Fetter—Received his B.A., 1922, from Alberta L. Married and lived in California. Is now back at Alberta C. taking an engineering course.
Harry Glass—Is married and living in Regina.
Margaret Perry—Is teaching in the city.
Blanche Baskerville- Is teaching in St. Paul, U.S.A.
Christine Nelson Is stenographer in Bank of Nova Scotia, Calgary.
Alex Aitken —Is attending Christian College, University of Spokane.
Zera Dunsworth—After receiving her B.A. from University of Spokane, is now teaching high school in Idaho.
Doris Smith Is attending University at Seattle.Page Seventy-Six THE SPOTIJGH T
Wade Ridimtii—Will complete his dental course at Chicago, June, this year.
John Denoox Is attending Toronto University where he has completed the fourth vear of his medical course.
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Maimokik Sherlock—Will graduate in Arts from U. of A. in 1920. Is vice- president of Students’ Union for next year.
Myrtle Gillies—Is teaching in the city.
THE CLASS OF 1922
Just Three Short )’ears Ago
Verily, I am very uncomfortably balanced upon the horns of a dilemma. 1 feel I must come out openly and give my candid opinion of mv graduating class, a complex company of pretty maids and youthful swains who occupied the senior form of the Lethbridge High School during the school year of 1921-22. Well, if I must, there is no surer way of getting it off my mind than to plunge headlong into the task.
We, and I cannot exclude myself, were a slow, old-fashioned and distinctly unprogressive student body in one very important respect. This I have concluded # after reflecting on the present states of my former classmates. Restrain your incredulity until 1 explain.
Of the twenty members of that class, only one, as far as 1 can learn, has fallen for the little winged archer. One progressive swain has joined the ranks of the benedicts, but the rest of us, despite the three years that have intervened since we last passed through the L.IT.S. portals, remain unencumbered by matri­monial ties. Mark well, that some may have been severely wounded, and one I understand has capitulated, although the treaty has not yet been signed. As for the rest, what will another three vears tell?
After all, this only goes to show what a sensible group we were, in spite of the fact that some members of the staff could not always see eye to eye with us. What, I ask, if we did consistently test Mr. W. Wrigley’s great invention of per­petual motion? Is not that a very small thing, compared with the momentous things in life, as for instance, deciding on a permanent partnership?
Hut this should relate something of tin* present activities of the old clan. Reminiscences and anecdotes might be more interesting but space is limited. To the best of my ability I will note the progress of each of the members of our much- maligned year. There are some that have passed beyond my ken and to them I apologize.
Four staunch members of the class are now full-fledged teachers on the school staffs of Lethbridge. Janet Me 11 vena, she of the melodious modulations and lingering laughter, teaches the tots of the third grade in Galbraith School. Janet’s musical ability has been recognized insofar as she has been appointed to the office of musical instructress of the school, which I proclaim is no small honor for one of her years. Verna Gray also teaches the third grade, but her duties are at Fleetwood School. Agnes Davidson, the one and same who always displayed that remarkably uncommon aflinitv for the history of the English constitution, spent a year doling out knowledge in Coalhurst but now is teacher of the seventh grade at Central here. Constance Viney, the shy and somewhat sedate, is a member of the Separate School staff.
But this class contained more than four embryo teachers. Blanche Olandcr, one of the tardy travellers in the good old days, is teaching at Pearce. She has five grades and twenty-five charges. Elbcrta Suggitt is also blazing the thorny trails for youthful minds. Elberta teaches at Wilson Siding and manages to visit her home in Coaldale every week-end.THE SPOTLIGHT Page Seventy-Seven
Lest we forget. Myrtle Wardman, the mischievous one* with the ready retort. Myrtle is still teaching down in Coutts.
Belle Bannen and Beatrice Bun ton are teaching somewhere in the south, I believe.
Frances Shillington was the only girl of our